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Ducks at Cromford CAnal yesterday.

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Ducks at Cromford CAnal yesterday.



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

13 Oct, 2017

 

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

14 Oct, 2017

 

Very striking colours are nt they.

16 Oct, 2017

 

A lot of drakes there Linda.

17 Oct, 2017

 

Their green necks sparkled in the sunshine

18 Oct, 2017

 

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

18 Oct, 2017

 

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

19 Oct, 2017

 

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

19 Oct, 2017

 

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

19 Oct, 2017

 

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

20 Oct, 2017



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