Fuller's Vale Wildlife Pond, Headley - pictures

FULLER'S VALE WILDLIFE POND
Headley

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Then & Now – Flooding – Restoration diagram – Location map – Work in Progress – Home page

Then and Now

View from Beech Hill:

pre-1914

2001 - the trees are in control

February 2002 - vegetation cleared

September 2003 - dredging begins

October 2003 - we have a pond!

January 2004 - and a fence by Pond Road

View from Pond Road:

1931

2001

February 2002 - vegetation cleared

September 2003 - dredging begins

October 2003 - we have a pond!

January 2004 - and a fence by Pond Road

Below: Work in progress 1973 –
laying the 48" drain under Fuller's Vale road:

April 1973

But still it flooded – October 2000

Below: Sketch of the proposed restoration scheme (drawn by Adrian Bird) – now completed
Note that the long cross-section of the pond near the outlet is not as shown below – it is shallow at this point.

Below: Fuller's Vale in the context of the River Wey (courtesy of the River Wey Trust)

Work in Progress

Work party 16th February 2002

Saturday 16th February 2002 – Some of the team of 20 people who cleared the undergrowth from the old bed of the pond in one day

Building weir chamber, October 2003

October 2003 – building the outlet weir chamber – working against time, as the water took less than 10 days to come over the top!

Weir chamger rendered on outside

Weir chamber has been rendered inside and out and earth added to cover the sides – water is rising

Water first ran over weir 24th October 2003

Water first ran over the top of the weir cill on 24th October 2003

Pair of ducks on pond, 20th May 2004

Pair of ducks on the pond, 20th May 2004

Home-grown duck

A home-grown duck, July 2006

Water level down end-July 2006

Water level down about 18 inches at end of July 2006 following months of dry weather …

Water level recovered 13 Aug 2006

… but recovered after one day's deluge on 13th August 2006