Binghams Pond

KCG were contacted by the conservation team in Land Services to see if funds could be secured for the naturalisation of a local pond. The project aimed to install two breeding bird islands and a soft edge around the pond to help improve the appearance and increase the biodiversity of the area. The hope was that the new design would encourage breeding swans, which in turn would reduce the problems of faecal contamination of the paths and nutrient driven algal blooms in the water by reducing the overall swan population year round.

The pond is located next to Gartnavel Hospital on the south of the Great Western Road. Our role has been primarily as co-funders and ordering and supplying wildflowers for the planting of the new shelves around the pond. The key partners have been Land Services and the local community council.

Future activities include the monitoring of the scheme to identify the success of the scheme and changes to wildlife on site

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