This is Sandgate, an old sand/gravel working that is tucked in amongst housing and whic was, I think resifdentail itself at one time as there are remnants of an ornamental garden. The area is being returned to Heathland and the ponds are acidic in nature, offering rather different habitat to the other ponds I usually frequent which are more alkaline in nature. Unfortunately, the degree of compression I had to use to get these within the permitted file sizes renders some of the pictures rather granular in texture. The lone figure is Neil, one of our local wildlife enthusiasts.
The final image shows a pond where I took some samples, pictures available under the Microscope Images gallery at http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/v ... php?t=2210.
