This afternoon a mother duck came into the garden with her ducklings. They appeared quite happy, running about & cheeping, although she seemed to be keeping a close eye on the high, fast-flowing brook.
After about an hour, they left. We found out later that they were unable to cope, and she took them into our neighbour's garden. She tried to find a safe place for them, but the ducklings kept jumping into the water, whilst she tried to shoo them out! She attempted to put some safely in the log store, but they got stuck, and our neighbours had to rescue them. She finally managed to lead them off, but had to return for a missing one. By late afternoon, it did seem that they were back safely at the War Memorial.
All of this water has disconcerted both the heron and egret who have difficulty wading through the fast flow to catch fish. As I wrote yesterday, this is more typical of February than May. Tiny ducklings would not normally need to cope with this weather.
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