Hi,
Wondering if anyone has any advice on building a self cleaning duck pond. We’ve wanted to put a reasonable pond in for ages but the cleanliness has always deterred me from starting.
Ideally I’d like something low maintenance.
My current idea is to have the pond located in the field in front of our house. The house/Garden are elevated above the field by about 2m, I was thinking I could pump water from the pond to the top of the slope then have a stream carrying water back into the pond. I was hoping with the right selection of plants in/around the stream we could create a bio filter effectively.
At the moment we have 5 geese and 3 ducks, in the future the duck count is likely to increase (maybe to between 6-10) and geese decrease.
I was thinking a pond size of about 3x4M with a depth of about 1M if that sounds sufficient ?
Any help/ advice would be appreciated, I’d like to try and get this project off the ground since we have a bit more time on our hands this year.
TIA