Thanks everyone for the advice, but I'm afraid that allowing the ducks
access is not possible - they either upturned or turned out every basket and
ate all our frog spawn and newts.
So have ordered tough netting from ebay but the widest I could find was 2m.
So now I have to find a way of fixing it!

cheers

Davy

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I have a recent 6m x 5m pond that in its first Spring last year was
completely wrecked by a pair of mallard. We had to mount constant vigils
to
chase them off.
So this year it will be temporary green nylon garden netting in the
spring.
Can anybody advise me on using netting for this purpose? For instance do
I
need to almost 'hermetically' seal the pond or would the ducks be deterred
by netting fixed about a metre over the pond (just enough to clear the
plants) with the sides left open? Or would it be sufficient to net around
the perimeter?

I would be grateful for any advice from anybody with experience.

Davy