Lets have a catch up
Our 13 teenage ducklings were due to fly away on June 4th. I know this because I worked it out. Unfortunately nobody bothered telling them and if they have, they aint listening. Steve and I went for a well earned break this month leaving my Mother In Law in charge of all things pond (sidenote, they ran rings around her). We somewhat stupidly assumed that when we arrived home the teenagers would be gone. Not only were they not gone we had also somehow acquired a Moorhen. He's a skittish little thing and has been christened Marvin. Like the ducks he also shows no sign of buggering off. Meanwhile, Egwina has been keeping out of the way. I don't blame her to be honest. 13 rampaging teenagers would have me retreating to somewhere quiet as well, but we did have a suspicion she was on eggs again so it wasn't much of a surprise when 5 new ducklings appeared on Monday. This development has rattled a few of the teen...