These are photos I took at the weekend, of the work which has just commenced on the park, the main work has been delayed until after the half term holiday; and should start on or around 23/2/09.
Dredging of the pond and the stabilisation of both the pond and islands has been been talked about for the last two and a half years; now with the help of various agencies such as Waveney Norse , WDC, SCC, Suffolk Wildlife Trust, The Environment Agency and also Lowestoft Together who gave us the Grant Funding for this project; we are now able to go ahead.
It will begin with the clearing of trees, then pumping out some of the water before the removal of fish, then the piling will be put into place around the pond and islands followed by dreging; silt will be used as infill on site; this work will cause a bad smell around this area for a while, also as I have mentioned before half of the park will be fenced off while work is in progress; this is for Health and Safety reasons.
In the picture bottom left you will notice that the three Islands at the back of the pond will become one large island; when this has dried out after a reasonable amount of time has gone by; this area will include a Nature Walk and fishing places will be created on the bank facing the pond.
The pictures at the bottom of the page are an example of the completed work that Fen Park Friends hope will be achieved.
Fen Park friends are looking for future funding for the planting of trees, re-stocking of fish and extending the nature walk around the back of the small pond, two volunteer groups have already shown an interest in creating this area; if you are also interested please make contact with us through the web site. Thank you for your time in visiting our web site.
Hi all, Work on the pond is going really well; hopefully this should be finished by the end of August ’09; a lot of work has gone into this project and when you visit the park you may think (Oh my !!). Please don`t worry the silt has been laid on top of the Islands because removing it from site was too costly. After approx. a year we can re-plant as the silt will have dried out, it will also be a very good fertiliser for these areas. We have had many a concern about the trees that had to take down; but we’ve had professional advice from all the various agencies before, during and also this will continue even after the work has finished.
Reports from the contractors have been very informational; they have seen a Muntjac deer & her young, both ducks & moor hens have had babies. The Heron was seen pulling something out of the mud, one chap thought it had caught a snake but then realised it was a large eel.
These pictures that I have added were taken about a week ago when the piling was nearly finished; the regeneration of this area has certainly made this more open and will make the pond deeper which will help the wildlife and fish when we restock.
February 23rd, 2009 | Tags: Add new tag, Pond Regeneration Project | Category: General News | Comments (1)
