A ducks nest

Quackajack · #1 (**permalink**) 22-04-2011, 03:59 PM

OK, I've had alsorts of birds build a nest in my garden - but never a duck!!!!

Of all the places to build a nest it's decided to lay 8 or so eggs just beneath a window in the front garden which is fine but we're a bit of a distance from any rivers or ponds - if they hatch the chicks are not just going to have a fair walk on their hands, or feet as the case maybe, but a pretty dangerous one too - the nearest river's about a mile away with a housing estate, a road, another housing estate, a dual carriage way and a retail park in between!
It seems happy enough at present and I plan on just leaving it but if anyones got any recommendations I'd be interested, Thanks.

Wild-Woman · #2 (**permalink**) 22-04-2011, 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Quackajack

OK, I've had alsorts of birds build a nest in my garden - but never a duck!!!!

Of all the places to build a nest it's decided to lay 8 or so eggs just beneath a window in the front garden which is fine but we're a bit of a distance from any rivers or ponds - if they hatch the chicks are not just going to have a fair walk on their hands, or feet as the case maybe, but a pretty dangerous one too - the nearest river's about a mile away with a housing estate, a road, another housing estate, a dual carriage way and a retail park in between!
It seems happy enough at present and I plan on just leaving it but if anyones got any recommendations I'd be interested, Thanks.

Hmm. Should think it would be ripe for predation from cats. It may be worth getting advice from a local wildlife rescue, who may suggest they lift the nest as it is and take the female as well in the hope that they can get her to settle in a rescue pen in safety until her ducklings hatch. Then they could all be released together. Hope that helps.