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Norfolk Wildlife Trust (NWT) and its partners were behind the project to find the ponds or "pingos" which originated through natural glacial processes more than 10,000 years ago. NWT said dormant seeds preserved in sediment layers in the Brecks had germinated, bringing back a variety of aquatic plants, including rare fen pondweed. "We think we are seeing one of the world's most successful ecological restoration techniques unfold and reveal its true potential," said University College London (UCL) professors Helene Burningham and Carl Sayer. "If you can find and expose the old store of seeds of lost wetlands, all sorts of rare plants species can recover and with the plants comes the habitat for a vast array of other creatures," the pair added. NWT said nine of the excavated ghost pingos now qualified for priority habitat status due to their ecological value. TIM HOLT-WILSON/NWT An array of aquatic plants have been revived from dormant seeds found in the soil

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