Two other pairs were also visiting by this time. We think one pair are Mr & Mrs Verynervous.
More recent arrivals are Mr & Mrs Halftail. We think Mr Halftail came last year, when we called him Notail. This year Mr & Mrs Duck have used our pond even more than last year. I also discovered that Mrs Duck adores earthworms and slugs. I collected a few while I was gardening and kept them a box for her. We called it Mrs Duck's wormery, but it was often the blackbird that gets there first. As in previous years, towards the end of the season we saw a large number of strange ducks which seemed to hold a street party every morning at 5 a.m. One morning I counted sixteen. Fortunately most of our neighbours like ducks! On another morning they left us a present: |