Been a busy week all round. The near disaster with Disco having let her eggs get cold during the Frosty nights, has miraculously come right.
Of the 10 eggs put to the incubator, 8 have hatched and are now sitting comfortably under Disco. I was frankly not expecting any to survive, but nature has again shown it's resilience and will to survive.
The bad news this week was the 9 ducklings hatched in the harbour last week have been decimated by the Crows, leaving a distraught mother duck with only one.
The other 6 also hatched last week have disappeared again to early predation by Crows and Gulls.
Our new environmentally conscious member, has been helping collect litter and assisting the Trust with donated Gravel. This has been a useful windfall to firm up the Island moat.
The current local Trustees assisted by local resident volunteers, provided the muscle power for a job well done.
2 comments:
So glad for Disco, she is such a good mother..but sad to hear about the lost ducklings on the river..I wonder if you know that there are two swans ay a bond at the end of the Dunbar golf course..been there the last two weeks .Thanks for all your good work
Yes Disco is a good Mother, and the latest count for all the hatched eggs so far is 17, she has her work cut out this season ! I am aware of the other Swans in the locality, some will be young newly bonded pairs waiting in line for a vacant territory, of which there are few. Our pair have the 5 star luxury location !
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