The Ice Age Herefordshire exhibition runs until 30th November 2020 at Hereford Museum and Art Gallery

A presentation from Project Manager Dave Hutton about the Ice Age Ponds project. Recorded in September 2020.

Conserving Herefordshire’s Ice Age Ponds is a project aiming to research and conserve a network of ponds in North West Herefordshire. These provide a unique and rare habitat for wildlife. The project has received core funding of £252,600 from the National Lottery Heritage Fund but needs to raise a further £19,000 in ‘match funding’ to ensure the project can be completed.

The Ice Age Ponds Project, which ended in Spring 2022, aimed to save the area’s unique glacial ponds. These incredible heritage ponds were created around 20,000 years ago during the last Ice Age, when woolly mammoths were still roaming the area. Remarkably many of these ponds still exist today! This exciting project was delivered by a partnership of local conservation organisations: Herefordshire Wildlife Trust, Herefordshire Amphibian and Reptile Team and the Herefordshire and Worcestershire Earth Heritage Trust.
The project was made possible thanks to funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

Discover the wildlife that lives in Ice Age Ponds today.

Conserving Herefordshire’s Ice Age Ponds Project. Invitation to tender for: Ecological Support for the Delivery Stage

Become an Ice Age Ponds Champion!

Read Sarah's experience of her placement on the 'Restoring Herefordshire's Ice Age Ponds' project