Hi, over-worrier here!

My partner and I dug a pond out earlier this year. To be honest, it was pretty rubbish - it was nearly all ramp and the deepest bit was barely 30cm.

After 5 heatwaves and no rain for months, there was hardly any water left, so at the start of this week, with lots of rain being forecast, we thought it was a good time to sort it out. And it was! We got loads of rain, the pond filled up nicely, and five days after re-digging, we had a frog visitor!

Our mistake came when digging the liner back in; as we were finishing up it started raining again, so we rushed off inside.

When it stopped, we had a very murky pond. Water and mud had cascaded down the side and now it looked like a cup of tea. 2 days later, it's still as bad.

Over-worrying is my specialty, so please put my mind at ease: will the mud settle? Will the plants be alright? And if not, what do I do to make things clear again (until the inevitable algae)?

EDIT: Surprise surprise, I'm worrying over nothing. Thanks for the reassurance everyone!

I built this lined nature pond in our garden about 5-6 years ago. In the past few months I've noticed it's losing A LOT more water than normal. I wedged a ruler between some rocks over the weekend and was shocked to discover we'd lost about 4cm of water in 24 hours!

I ran the bucket test so I could rule out evaporation - which I now have. I've also switched off the waterfall which hasn't slowed the rate of water loss.

Before I accept the likelihood of a leak, could wicking and plant-growth be the cause? As the pictures show, the pond has become very choked with plants - water mint, forget me nots and some reeds which have partially rooted themselves in the bank. Lots of overhanging ivy and grass etc. There's also an area of vegetation (in front of my feet) which was originally a little stoney beach but is now all silted up and covered in bigger plants (2 big Lythrum and some houttuynia). I guess that could be absorbing a lot of moisture up into the surrounding area?

The photos aren't great but the pond is kidney-shaped and about 7 x 7 feet on its longest edges.

We are planning a small wildlife pond and in the area where it will be have had various containers of water for birds and such. However, this year in one of our mosquito dunk containers, we suddenly had tadpoles! So we move them into our makeshift small pond (where the real pond will go).

Now there are probably 100 tadpoles in here and I’m wondering once they get legs and go somewhere. Will it be safe for them as we pull this pond apart and put a new pond in there in the fall?

What are the considerations for all of these tadpoles that are in this pond right now in September in East Coast US? Added photo of mama frog.