Ducks at Cromford CAnal yesterday.

There's something about a duck- Somebody must have been painting those drakes - fabulous colours!

Hi Sterra, yes, the green feathers were shining lovely in the sunshine.

Very striking colours are nt they.

A lot of drakes there Linda.

Their green necks sparkled in the sunshine

Brilliant photo - the green necks are iridiscent bordering on fluorescent, beautiful

Thanks Bamboo. We feed these ducks or the ducks at our local park when we visit with some seeds.

I never knew ducks ate seeds! What kind of seeds?

I was going to ask that too, which seeds - I know the latest information is we shouldn't feed them bread, but I don't know which seeds they can/should eat

I went and looked and found it - also lists what they should eat instead of bread, but in terms of seed, a standard bird seed mix seems fine. I wonder how they manage to pick it up off the ground though, their beaks don't seem made for that. Defrosted, uncooked peas are on the list too...

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/mar/16/dont-feed-the-ducks-bread-say-conservationists

I get the packet that has wheat grain in mixed with other seed. A general mix.