Dodgy Looking Pond

Introduction

The photograph on this page of Dodgy Looking Pond by Des Blenkinsopp as part of the Geograph project.

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Dodgy Looking Pond

Image: © Des Blenkinsopp Taken: 8 Apr 2015

I'm sure healthy ponds shouldn't be this colour. It seems to be some sort of plant growth. Update :- Thanks to Mick Crawley for identifying the plant responsible "The red plant cover floating on the pond is the alien Water Fern Azolla filiculoides"

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Image Location

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Latitude
51.609974
Longitude
0.166595