Tuesday, 26 May 2015

Mallards on the move

Tuesday, midday.

No signs of any mallards on wetland pool since lunchtime yesterday, but the female and all nine hyperactive ducklings seem to have relocated to the canal not far from Prefab Weir.

Did they go to get away from Geoff's hunting heron, or in search of fresher water that the currently stagnant pool? Did mother duck lead her brood to safety swimming down the underground passage - the culvert carrying the Graiseley Brook?

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