Thread: New pond

@ocean-hunter right go out and sit and watch how the ducks come into land. Then you can figure out where to plant your Maimai. Then plant some honeysuckle at its base. Cheap camouflage that grows quickly. Also saves on the cutting down of Manuka that doesn't grow that fast.
Once you have built this then plant flax on the walk in paths to the Maimai to give you cover to get in and out.
Leave a few beaches ducks like to feed on these. Weeping willows are nice maybe one our two they also grow fast. Some natives Kah,haca,tear (sorry don't know correct spelling)
Pritty close to this season so I'd just shoot it and then see after for all of the above as by then you would have a better idea.
If you are going to feed start now. Get a few rat traps possum traps and run these also.
Try and avoid pampas grass as it's a pain when you get a runner burying itself in there.
An island is also not bad so long as it's not in there main landing zone.
I'll post up how to build some nesting boxs that predators can't get into later. This helps you get a resident duck population going which in turn pulls in more ducks.
Also if it's not fenced do so nothing ruins ponds faster than stock! They eat all your planting's kill your Maimai and push in the pond banks.
If the pond's are silted up a bit then also before you go ahead with the above work I'd drain them and desilt them, again after the season.
self feeder

Edit sorry I see you want to start this for next season. Great then feed it and shoot it this season and your good to go for next if you do half of the above.
There's nothing better than mucking around on ponds