Walking through the park last night, we noticed another brood of ducklings.
These were different to the rest we’ve seen, most of which have sadly disappeared again, and it wasn’t clear exactly what they were.
We have mallards, tufted ducks and moorhens, which are related to but different from coots as well as the Canada geese and greylags.
I’ve taken these pictures from the internet for comparison
COOT
MOORHEN
Hubby took this picture which I cropped to show a better view of the adult and one chick.
The baby in the water looks a little like a moorhen chick, but the adult and other ducklings are the wrong colour. Hopefully we’ll see these babies grow up and find out a little more.
Still cute though don’t you think?
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In November 2020, we lost our beloved Maggie who adopted us as a 7 week old pup in March 2005. We decided to have a photo put on canvas as we had for her predecessor Barney. We now have three pictures of our fur babies on the wall as we found a snapshot of Kizzy, my GSD when Hubby and I first met so had hers done too.
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MOORHEN
Hubby took this picture which I cropped to show a better view of the adult and one chick.
The baby in the water looks a little like a moorhen chick, but the adult and other ducklings are the wrong colour. Hopefully we’ll see these babies grow up and find out a little more.
pensitivity101 
Absolutely 🤗
They remind me of coots which are in the Rail family so looked in books. They usually have small families. my search of the family reminds me of rails Here when you see them it is a sign the water is good enough.
On the marina, the moorhens were not very good parents and left their babies to fend for themselves, so most perished. We had a successful brood of 9 or so tufted ducks a couple of years ago, but these are different. Hopefully we’ll see how they develop.
awe cuties! I love ducklings! ❤
These are very fluffy!
Hmm. Looks like there might have been some illicit love affairs going on – Mama looks a little like a mallard but not quite… It will be interesting to see what the ducklings look like as they mature!
Hopefully we shall see them, Practically all of the others have disappeared.
Adorable
Aren’t they lovely?