One of the female eiders near the centre was sitting on a nest of seven eggs, four of which had hatched, but she was disturbed and left the nest with the four ducklings in tow. Rather than leaving the remaining eggs to cool and the ducklings to die we took the three remaining eggs into the centre and over the last 24 hours we have had all three hatch. The first two are doing very well and are waddling around the staff accommodation and generally looking cute! The third is coming on ok, although it has poor motor control and very little strength in its neck at the moment.
Tomorrow we will be introducing our hyper bundles of fluff to the bath tub!
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| Eider Duckling! |
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| Hyper bundles of fluff! |
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