2012 New arrivals

3 days old

The first of this year's brood have arrived -- 2 early hatchers appeared from the incubator this week, both are from white ducks but as you can see have mixed parentage!  The dark duckling has a lot of yellow on his/her underside so will be an interesting mix as it grows up.  They were out in the garden yesterday under lights to keep them warm but as they are only 3 days old they are being well looked after and have not come out today as it is a bit wet and miserable, we hope to see them again soon.

Yesterday we had the West Midlands Search and Rescue team here with their Ambulance and life boat - they talked to lots of people to show what they do, covering both land and water rescues.    They are a charity so always need funds to ensure that they can keep their equipment up to specification to react when needed (they helped out when Upton got flooded I heard them say).http://www.wmsar.org.uk/cms/index.php

There have been a lot of people around so far this Easter weekend - some of the visitors are new to the centre and have come to the Vintage Steam Gathering that is on down the road on the B4090 Droitwich road Junction on the way here.  We are expecting a busy day tomorrow too and the restaurant team have carvery lunch on until 4pm.