cornwall wildlife trust

Shifting frogspawn from pond to pond can cause serious problems for nature, Cornwall Wildlife Trust has warned.

The trust says that transferring spawn to other locations carries other organisms with it, which may include diseases and invasive exotic plants.

It has already experienced problems in Cornwall with controlling invasive pond plants such as parrot's feather and Australian stonecrop.

A new service to help tackle invasive pond species is being launched by Cornwall Wildlife Trust.

Pond Check aims to raise awareness of the threat of non-native plants that are invading Cornish ponds and waters.

The free service is targeting six of the most invasive aquatic plants including creeping water primrose, floating pennywort, parrot’s feather, New Zealand pygmy weed, large flowered water weed and the curly waterweed.