I didn't put that in!

[Peter Gowman]

Last summer I had to relocate my pond, to enable me to build an extension. When I emptied the old pond (which had been there for seven years) which I had stocked from a pond at my previous house, I discovered a single, solitary roach fry. It was tiny, no more than 20mm long. I definitely did not introduce it to my pond. The nearest water to my house that holds roach is approximately six miles away (although the Irish Sea is only about 300 metres away, not many roach in there though). Anyone got any idea how it may have got there, or anyone with similar experience. Trivial I know, but that's the state of my mind, or so the wife keeps telling me.

[Elton]

It probably got there on the foot of a bird....before it was even born

[craig mason]

it might have got into your pond if you have collected some pondweed from the wild .

[Bradford Angler]

most likely from the foot of a bird . . it is pretty common where they carry eggs too . . ide to are moved around like this too . .

 

or maybe from pond weed . .

 

or maybe sleep stocking

[chesters1]

maybe a disapointed cormorant felt sorry for you and decided to make a larder for hard times

[Davy Holt]

Hiya,

 

It's them bruddy pike anglers at it again.. relocating of their livebaits