A WOMAN has hit out after the water level of a local pond has drastically dropped once again – despite money being set aside to fix it two years ago. We previously reported that locals say the pond in Knightswood Park has been emptying during the summer months for around the last five years due to what they believe to be a leak, with the water level dropping from up to four feet high to just a few inches. In 2022, a spokesperson for Glasgow City Council told the Glasgow Times that funding had been allocated to make "significant improvements" to the pond while in 2023 they said they were looking at "natural alternatives" to maintain the pond’s water levels.
READ NEXT: 'It doesn't float our boats': Community HITS OUT over 'half-drained, very sad-looking pond' (Image: Robert Perry) However, despite this, the water levels of the pond, which is home to a variety of animals including fish, eels, frogs, newts and birds, has dropped significantly this year again. Belinda Beattie, who lives in Anniesland, helps look after the park’s swans and says they are in a "sorry state" with the pond reduced to a "muddy puddle". She says she is unsure if they are in moult and have been unable to fly away as their plumage is so muddy.
Belinda said: "It’s a case of filling up bowls of water and fresh food , dried corn, that kind of thing." (Image: Robert Perry) She continued: "Everyone’s upset because going through Covid they’ve used it [the pond]. "A lot of people we’ve spoken to hav.
