It’s been a few wet months since we cleaned out and restored the main pond and despite the rain the retained water level held in the pond has been disappointing.
![Raising the water level in the farm pond](http://www.rustical.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/2018-farm-ponds-update-1024x768.jpg)
As we had a digger on site today to prep a shed floor, it had a few minutes diversion to carry across a few buckets of clay to raise the level of the outfall ditch. Not a big job (with a digger) but hopefully it will have a big impact.
![Raising the pond outfall level with clay](http://www.rustical.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/2018-farm-ponds-raising-levels-1024x768.jpg)
The vegetation around the pond has started to reappear after the shock of all the cleaning out activity.
![Filling the pond outfall with clay to raise the water level](http://www.rustical.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/2018-farm-ponds-raising-levels-b-1024x768.jpg)
The only wildlife I spotted today was a moorhen hiding in the scrub, four male mallards on the pond and a frog in the ditch.