I would like to construct a new flight pond. What grants are available?

Unfortunately, grants for ponds are not so easy to find as they used to be. The only nationally available source is through the Countryside Stewardship scheme. This means that the pond would need to be part of a bigger conservation plan for the whole farm. Also the grant for ponds is really targeted for small ‘conservation’ ponds up to about 10m across. If you want to make a bigger pool, the proportion of costs which the grant would cover is relatively low.