Great I will use this idea. I called the secretary in my local park was worried, the pond was dried up there had frogspawn in it.I've discussed it with them we are gonna build a hibernaculum next to the pond, and maintain the pond so it fills with rainwater better. Thankfully the day I noticed the pond was dried up it rained enough for it to fill quite a bit more.I love to encourage people to build ponds and hibernaculum's, amphibians and reptiles are declining.Thank you for making this video
Live in Spokane Washington USA, zone 6 with a two foot frost depth-quite a hole, eh? One thing is that the drainpipe "entrance" is not necessary, as they will naturally dig into loose matter on their own. A half-buried wood pile with logs stacked atop loose organic material, and big gaps between them stuffed with dirt and organic material. I love the idea of putting wildflowers over it-just a heap of flowers? Way cool!
We’ve just built one because of your video. Looks lovely. One issue. How will our newts and frogs find the hibernaculum? Will they sense it or discover it?
excellent i've build hibernaculums for them in my garden and piles of leaves.I feed the worms in my garden with banana peels as slow worms and amphibians they eat the worms :) Really useful this video gets rid of all your waste materials costs nothing
Great information, we’re looking to attract frogs to our pond we created in January. I have never heard of a hibernaculum so this will be on the list of things to do next!
Thanks for the tips. I built 1 myself today, ive got a tiny garden in lancashire but a pond about 2x5 ft and 2ft deep and crucially theres several large trees (1 of which is an elder), hostas and ferns. Counted a dozen amphibians including common frogs, smooth newts and toads. My garden is overrun with Campanula but it attracts loads of insects for me froggies.
Excellent, I’ve been finding lots of toads in my garden and thought I may give them somewhere nice to live where I can also put a wildlife camera to catch the coming and goings. Wonderful work, loving the channel.
Awesome! Great info and video !!! Its going to be getting chilly here and I have 5 or 6 Cuban tree frogs that will be needing a winter home soon as they have been staying in my mailbox all summer, so thank you soooooo much !!!
I just love the friendly, gentle humour and love in this, as well as the useful information. Like others on here, this is new to me, and have just put in a Bermuda Cove removable pond on our allotment, as we found two frogs (that we affectionately call Freddie and Fiona) in our Compost Bin, so they will just love the hibernaculum we are about to make shortly. Practically speaking, I gather from your info that the hibernaculum is just over a metre long, 2 feet deep; how wide is it though? 2 feet (60cm)? Thank you for your delightful video 😊. Andrew.
@@wildlifegardenproject I'm waiting for any video, I know it is not exactly ideal in COVID, hopefully, you start to upload soon. I enjoy your videos greatly.
looking to do this sort of thing under the Mini wetland i am planning next to the greenhouse. Going to build it all up then the mini wetland can take the water off the greenhouse roof
do you need to maintain it? does it double up as habitat for any other wildlife or can you make adjustments so it can double up for other wildlife (e.g. add rotting logs on top)?
Hi; Is it possible to use anything else other than the plastic pipes as I dont want to use any plastic material in my wildlife garden if possible. Cheers
You absolutely could, it just wouldn't last very long before breaking down. By making use of pre-used drainpipes you'll ensure the openings stay open for easy access to the cosy innards of the hibernaculum 🙂
@@wildlifegardenprojectwhat is the minimum distance a hibernaculum should be away from a pond? Might attempt this with our medium sized one. Also, is it good practice to cover it with plastic during rainy seasons because it might get flooded?
@@SRC267 I think the general advice is just 'nearby', so no hard and fast rules. It doesn't even need to be next to a pond, but it's a bonus if it is :) Locate it somewhere that isn't prone to flooding, and make sure it has a good covering of soil/turf.
They aren't. They said reptiles and amphibians, some escape, some don't. That's kinda how nature works. Most times we can't keep our similar sized predators, but the prey have been dealing with them for centuries so ultimately it will be fine. As long as you give them lost of escape and entrance routes, it will be ok.
Make your own! They don't have to be particularly big.Deep in the middle,shallow on at least one side ( so creatures can drink without drowning) and with plenty of plants to limit algae growth....
@@haroldinho9930 Maybe show him some small ponds on youtube....get him used to the idea?!? Us Dads sometimes need a bit of time to process new ideas! 😎
Robert Pavlis has written an excellent book called Building Natural Ponds. That might be helpful to you, available on Amazon. We bought a Bermuda Cove removable pre-formed plastic pond basin about 3ft x 2ft x 2ft for £23 that we've just installed on our allotment. We didn't know till after we put it in that the allotment council forbade a pond on an allotment, but they very kindly permitted us an exception on the grounds that the two frogs we have had no pond for at least a mile radius, and that our pond is removable should we have to move.
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My other half is going to cry now I've seen this, he only just finished digging my pond 😂
Haha get him back to work! 😂
Love the chemistry and quiet humour of this episode - although the cat steals the show!! 😂
can we see an update on how it looks this year please
Great I will use this idea. I called the secretary in my local park was worried, the pond was dried up there had frogspawn in it.I've discussed it with them we are gonna build a hibernaculum next to the pond, and maintain the pond so it fills with rainwater better. Thankfully the day I noticed the pond was dried up it rained enough for it to fill quite a bit more.I love to encourage people to build ponds and hibernaculum's, amphibians and reptiles are declining.Thank you for making this video
Love that and I will be building one. I was wondering about water running down the pipes during periods of heavy rain, is that a problem?
Won't this get swamped by all the rain?
Live in Spokane Washington USA, zone 6 with a two foot frost depth-quite a hole, eh? One thing is that the drainpipe "entrance" is not necessary, as they will naturally dig into loose matter on their own. A half-buried wood pile with logs stacked atop loose organic material, and big gaps between them stuffed with dirt and organic material. I love the idea of putting wildflowers over it-just a heap of flowers? Way cool!
Excellent thank you, I just made a log pile hibernacula
We’ve just built one because of your video. Looks lovely. One issue. How will our newts and frogs find the hibernaculum? Will they sense it or discover it?
excellent i've build hibernaculums for them in my garden and piles of leaves.I feed the worms in my garden with banana peels as slow worms and amphibians they eat the worms :) Really useful this video gets rid of all your waste materials costs nothing
exactly what I was thinking: "A Hibernaculum is a buried pile of old waste"
Excellent video love the step by step guide, not to mention the dry humour. Brilliant
Great information, we’re looking to attract frogs to our pond we created in January. I have never heard of a hibernaculum so this will be on the list of things to do next!
Excellent, with a pond and a hibernaculum the frogs will be flocking to your garden :)
Very good advice - and a great idea. Planning on making a pond...so a necessary addition. Thank you...both!😉😁
Thanks for the tips. I built 1 myself today, ive got a tiny garden in lancashire but a pond about 2x5 ft and 2ft deep and crucially theres several large trees (1 of which is an elder), hostas and ferns. Counted a dozen amphibians including common frogs, smooth newts and toads. My garden is overrun with Campanula but it attracts loads of insects for me froggies.
Excellent, I’ve been finding lots of toads in my garden and thought I may give them somewhere nice to live where I can also put a wildlife camera to catch the coming and goings.
Wonderful work, loving the channel.
Great video and presenting. Love the format. Btw I didn't know a hibernaculum was a thing! Definitely adding that to the garden to-do build list 😄
Awesome! Great info and video !!! Its going to be getting chilly here and I have 5 or 6 Cuban tree frogs that will be needing a winter home soon as they have been staying in my mailbox all summer, so thank you soooooo much !!!
I just love the friendly, gentle humour and love in this, as well as the useful information.
Like others on here, this is new to me, and have just put in a Bermuda Cove removable pond on our allotment, as we found two frogs (that we affectionately call Freddie and Fiona) in our Compost Bin, so they will just love the hibernaculum we are about to make shortly.
Practically speaking, I gather from your info that the hibernaculum is just over a metre long, 2 feet deep; how wide is it though? 2 feet (60cm)? Thank you for your delightful video 😊. Andrew.
Aww the kitty likes you:)
I’d like to do this without plastic. Maybe clay pipe if I can find some.
GoodVibes
I’ve recently had some frogs hanging around my pond, and I’ve been thinking about building a hibernaculum in a corner of the garden
What a cute little video, well put, funny, love it!
I made one today out of some stones. I sure hope it brings one in
Nice work you two.I will be interested to see how it develops later in the year.
Thank you! We actually made this last year so we hope to visit soon to see how it's getting on!
@@wildlifegardenproject I'm waiting for any video, I know it is not exactly ideal in COVID, hopefully, you start to upload soon. I enjoy your videos greatly.
Love your idea though
Thank you very much, great video!
I'd be curious to see how it looks now, three years later. Are critters using it? Thanks!
2:28 Love cats there so funny :P Great video :)
looking to do this sort of thing under the Mini wetland i am planning next to the greenhouse. Going to build it all up then the mini wetland can take the water off the greenhouse roof
Would this work during the warmer months as well? Here in Jersey 7b
Can we see an update to this I want to see how it looks and if anything is using it yet?
do you need to maintain it? does it double up as habitat for any other wildlife or can you make adjustments so it can double up for other wildlife (e.g. add rotting logs on top)?
Hi; Is it possible to use anything else other than the plastic pipes as I dont want to use any plastic material in my wildlife garden if possible. Cheers
I suppose you could use anything as long as there are passages into it. Maybe like a ceramic pipe would work.
looks like it will fill up with water and drown everything in a big rain? what about rats/mice?
Stop being so negative.
Good job guys. However, can this act as a tasty larder for rats etc looking for a ready meal?
Thanks! Perhaps but more likely the small nooks and crannies in the hibernaculum would act as a safe haven from any potential predators.
Hi friends, has anybody ever seen an amphibian actually going into a PVC pipe entrance?
I do not want snakes . Have a problem with copperheads that are very poisonous
Would this not be better with bamboo or cardboard tubes? I don’t fancy putting more plastic in the environment.
You absolutely could, it just wouldn't last very long before breaking down. By making use of pre-used drainpipes you'll ensure the openings stay open for easy access to the cosy innards of the hibernaculum 🙂
@@wildlifegardenprojectwhat is the minimum distance a hibernaculum should be away from a pond? Might attempt this with our medium sized one. Also, is it good practice to cover it with plastic during rainy seasons because it might get flooded?
@@SRC267 I think the general advice is just 'nearby', so no hard and fast rules. It doesn't even need to be next to a pond, but it's a bonus if it is :)
Locate it somewhere that isn't prone to flooding, and make sure it has a good covering of soil/turf.
All very well, but having amphibians in there is going to attract predators like a snake... how are they kept out?
They aren't. They said reptiles and amphibians, some escape, some don't. That's kinda how nature works.
Most times we can't keep our similar sized predators, but the prey have been dealing with them for centuries so ultimately it will be fine. As long as you give them lost of escape and entrance routes, it will be ok.
What is hybenaclum ?
What is it mmmmmm
You need to understand that "plasticizers" can be toxic for amphibians...use non-man-made materials.
will it attract rats???
Wish I had a pond,the nearest one is 5 miles away
Make your own! They don't have to be particularly big.Deep in the middle,shallow on at least one side ( so creatures can drink without drowning) and with plenty of plants to limit algae growth....
Ged Farnan My dad won’t let me,apparently,tHeRe’S nO sPaCe,even though there’s an acre of space
@@haroldinho9930 Maybe show him some small ponds on youtube....get him used to the idea?!? Us Dads sometimes need a bit of time to process new ideas! 😎
Robert Pavlis has written an excellent book called Building Natural Ponds. That might be helpful to you, available on Amazon.
We bought a Bermuda Cove removable pre-formed plastic pond basin about 3ft x 2ft x 2ft for £23 that we've just installed on our allotment. We didn't know till after we put it in that the allotment council forbade a pond on an allotment, but they very kindly permitted us an exception on the grounds that the two frogs we have had no pond for at least a mile radius, and that our pond is removable should we have to move.
@@haroldinho9930 i got the same anwer, it rook a while but after the pond was ready and doing its thing hé said that it could have been bigger