Progress report on ponds
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Minutes:
The Committee heard
from Stewart Campbell who provided a progress report on the 2 ponds which have
recently been put into the wood. The
ponds were dug with assistance from the Amphibian and Reptile Conservation
Trust. The majority of the costs had
been covered by the Trust, but the remainder had come from FODW. The path at the bottom end of the rugby pitch
is much improved, but the upper pond path is not yet surfaced due to problems
with access for the equipment and the proposed work to sort out a new
culvert. The upper pond had held water
immediately and this had remained constant with tadpoles being moved into this
pond. Special clay liners had been
purchased for the lower pond, but it had not held water despite the special
lining. The pond has now been filled
with assistance from Scottish Fire and Rescue and is slowly holding more water
as time passes. Most of the manual work
had been done by the Community Payback Team.
There is still an
issue with dogs swimming in the ponds, to mitigate this temporary construction
type fencing has been put up around the ponds with notices around the area to
advise of the reason for this. It is
intended that appropriate plants and shrubs will be purchased and these will be
planted to create a more natural barrier.
It was suggested that this would be a good article for the Helensburgh Advertiser.
Decision
The Committee noted the update.
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