Ducks!

[Rupert]

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

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

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

[Sark79]

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. 

[londonpokergirl]

aren't they gorgeous

[bolt pp]

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

Thanks

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.

[tikay]

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!

[Sark79]

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  . I have an image in my mind of a load of ned Herons terrorising local gardens now.

[matt674]

Heron are nice birds. 

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

[Sark79]

I thought monkeys were vegetarians?

[matt674]

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

[Sark79]

I see 

[mex]

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

[Sark79]

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

[TheJagster]

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.

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!

 

[ifm]

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

[Trace]

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.

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!

 

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