Sadly the 17 ducklings are now down to only 6. The Moorhens have been particularly vicious this year and far worse that the crows (Mick, the site manager, did manage to "pepper" one of the crows so this probably put them off a bit). The big problem was that our Mother Duck just had too much to do watching all ot the babies once they started to get active! The good news is that 6 appears to be a managable number and Mum is particularly protective over them so they are growing up quite fast.
Stop Press - 32 new ducklings have just appeared in the cage in the garden - they have been incubated from the eggs rescued from around the Centre Gardens so should fit in well once they have grown a bit. They are staying warm via a hot lamp (and by cuddling up). There is a mixture of parentage to be seen, some yellows but quite a lot of blacks, greys and of course some mallards.
Come and see them before they get too big!
Everyone is talking about the forthcoming election in the garden at the moment - we are not too sure how the "cuts" will affect our corn supply or bread from the customers and we are a little bit worried.....
On Polling night they are holding a special "political" supper in the restaurant - no talk - just dishes that will have political names - could be fun as long as there is some for us too. £12 for 2 courses.
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