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The duck that lives by our pond has had ducklings! All look to be well, bit of shell in the nest but I think they all hatched ok.  12 ducklings and mother have been waddling round the garden happily all day.

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Awww

Awwwwwwwwww

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!

They are so cute!!

When is their first race in water?

I'll have £2 on number 6.............

:) Cool :)

I like ducks

So do I, Crispier the better and with pancakes :)

canarde a l'orange avec pommes frites. Yummy, yes I also like duck.

I would flat call looking to flop a set or maybe raise if checked to me in position.

Thanks

the one on the far right looks the plumpest...i'll have that one with hoi sin sauce

Anyone roasting Duck (or goose) SAVE THE FAT. This is THE best fat to make roast tatties in, or even chips if you have enough. It's not hugely healthy - but it's absolutely delicious!!!

The ducks are very cute, but I'm more impressed by the family of about 30 white planks that also seem to be out having a stroll - their mother must be just out of shot on the right.

even better than Man-Fat???

;tracet; :redcard:

I might pop round later mate, have a little look!

with a bottle of hoi sin of course! Bishops Stortford sunday ok?

Quack Quack (I raise, 22,000 chips...)

Yes deffo mate sounds awesome!!

The ducks seem to have gone a bit AWOL from the garden at the moment but I suspect they will be back later, probably gone for a waddle round the fields

Excellent pics.  I love ducks.  It must be great living near there.  One day, I would love to have a house where I can have a large duck pond. I have always wanted that.  8)

aren't they gorgeous ;)

thats no good, you'll be calling all night befoere you trip up.

i think that position is the most important factor in this debate.

What LOVELY pics. More please!

When I was golfing a lot, what with golf courses having a lot of ponds, it was heaven-like at this time of year, ducklings everywhere. Many was the round of golf abandoned when I spotted some ducklings.

Kedleston Park, Derby, a fine Golf Course, had hundreds of Geese, while my club, Royal Ormonde, had several pairs of swans, & plenty of sparrowhawks & kestrels. At Morley Hayes, they had a Heron - awesome!

Heron are nice birds.  Although if you have a fish pond, they can be abit of trouble.  My Dads fish pond came under attack from a Heron last year.  We got round the problem by building a wire mesh grill that fits over the pond. The Heron occasionally comes back, but he cannot find away round the problem of the grill.

 I told my barber about the Heron and he warned me that they work in gangs.. " watch them son, they work together. One will hold up the wire mesh cover and the others will grab the fish".  He was serious and he isn't insane  :D. I have an image in my mind of a load of ned Herons terrorising local gardens now.

I disagree - if you leave them just a minute too long they become very dry. Even with sauce it can ruin a good meal.......

I thought monkeys were vegetarians?

I overheard the lions down by the watering hole after a 3 course (heron, gazelle & zebra) feast........

I see  :D

interesting fact 1 Monkeys ar omnivourous, and actually display canablisitic tendencies.
                      2 Matts little dancing monkey actually appears to be a member of the lesser ape family, (not a monkey)

                      3  (now i don't know if this is true but was told last week) Male ducks cannot Quack, they honk or bleet,  only females Quack

Yea, you are right. I remember a bbc documentary about chimps in the wild being hunted by a gang of monkeys.

All golf clubs should have ducks.   I get so fed up only having a boring old flag to aim at. Livens the game up no end imho!

 ;D ;D

I killed a duck playing golf at the forest of Arden once, nothing to be proud of though. (the duck wasn't playing BTW)

I'm reporting you to the RSPCA as I type!