Climate & Environment
New ponds bring wildlife back to a Norfolk river
England's Environment Agency said on October 13, 2026, that new ponds at Keswick Marsh, near Norwich, are bringing animals back.
On October 13, 2026, England's Environment Agency shared good news. Animals are coming back to Keswick Marsh, near the city of Norwich.
The marsh is next to the River Yare. This river is a chalk stream, a rare kind of river. Three groups worked together on the land beside it. They made new ponds and shallow pools. The work on the land took only three weeks. But the planning took two to three years.
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wetlandnoun
An area of land that is wet most of the time, like a marsh, with ponds and water plants.
Animals found the new wetland very quickly.