Ducklings

[nununoolio]

If anyone finds a duckling wandering about Peckham Rye Park nowhere near water, please pick it up and put it in the pond at the Japanese Garden.

I spotted one at dusk today on the grass opposite Harris Boys. Thinking some sort of homing instinct would direct it back to it's mother, I followed it in an effort to ensure a fox or dog didn't kill it. After 20 minutes zig-zagging across the park at a surprisingly brisk pace, I realised it didn't have a clue where it was going, especially when it wedged itself against the wildlife garden fence and tried to climb it!

I guessed it was from the brood residing in the Japanese Garden and carried it to the water's edge. Luckily, it let out a few high pitched quacks which brought mum and the other ducklings out from under the reeds on the island to greet it.

I know a couple of people have reported similar incidents in the past two weeks, so I'm guessing there is at least one duckling in the park with seriously faulty radar