Ponds and puddles

There are plenty of ponds on the Allotments large and small but all will attract wildlife,I have two ponds on my plot made from the bottoms of plastic barrels about 12ins deep. I am doing some work round this one at the moment it will have new plants around and the soil will be level with the top of the pond, the plants will be non invasive and low growing maybe a taller one at the back,In the pond i have oxygenators with Duckweed floating on top for shade this stops the water going green.

There are four Newts in this pond two male and two female they are hard to spot and even harder to get a photo with the reflection off the surface,This pic shows a male and female together. 

I filmed this in the rain you can see the rain drops rippling on the surface of the pond, its a male Newt hunting midge larvae.