In our last article ("Gardening Undercover," March 13), we suggested ways to protect your vegetable garden from slugs, snails ...

Slugs and snails are seen more around wet weather conditions, with rain forecast for the upcoming Easter weekend.

and often visit garden ponds across the UK in search of slugs and snails. In winter they hibernate in pond mud or under log piles. The three-spined stickleback is a small fish found in ponds ...