Dainty Duckling!

Thursday morning ..... usual routine .... collect dogs, walk them through the park, have coffee then walk the dogs home. I never know what birds I'll find to blip but this morning a guy I often meet with his dog told me there was a duck with ducklings on the grass ..... so round the small pond went the dogs and me .... there on the grass was the mum with four tinies wedged underneath. The dogs are great and don't make a sound or strain for a closer look .... it was one wee duckling came for a look at the dogs!
On our return from having coffee in the church we went back to the pond for another look .... only 3 ducklings remain. I got into conversation with an elderly gent who told me that yesterday there were 7 .... the coots are seemingly the culprits as well as the heron who occasionally pays a visit. I do wish that mallards made better parents.