Deeper water.
Hornwort, Water-crowfoot, Spiked water-milfoil, Curled pondweed, Willowmoss. Try to avoid plants that will quickly take over like Canadian pondweed, New zealand stonecrop and azolla.
Floating leaved plants.
Fringed, Yellow and white water Lily's, Water soldier, Potamogeton.
Shallow/ Ledge plants.
Water forget me-nots, Water mint, Yellow flag iris, Water plantain, Branched bur reed and arrowhead.
Marsh/sedge plants.
Meadowsweet, Purple loosestrife, Lady`s smock, Gipsywort, Ragged-robin, Marsh marigold, Brooklime and rushes and sedges.
After you have planted some of these plants then you should then start to attract, Mayflies, Dragonflies, Damselflies, Pond skaters, Lesser water boatmen, Great diving beetles, Whirligig beetles, Common frogs, Frog-spawn, smooth newts, Eggs from newts(Newts individually wrap their eggs in water plant leaves), Aquatic snails and maybe even grass snakes.
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