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Bristol Post
Bristol Post
National
Ellie Kendall

'Soul destroying' sight of dried out pond and rotting fish 'could have been prevented'

A nature lover has been left 'devastated' by the sight of dying fish in what he now describes as nothing more than a 'puddle' of water where a pond once was. And Graeme Boyce told Bristol Live this isn't the first time that the Minery Ponds, near Nether Wood and the Charterhouse Outdoor Centre in Cheddar, has been left with little to no water.

Mr Boyce shared photographs of the pond's condition, which he visits every day when he's walking his dog and described the situation and the condition of the pond. He said: "This is soul destroying. There's rotting dead fish everywhere. This was supposed to be an Area of Natural Beauty."

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