Message from Julia

This pair of ducks arrived on my leat about a month ago so of course I fed them.  Now they are so used to me that they appear outside the kitchen door asking for food, in which case I give them seeded brown bread.  They have been known to peck at the glass!  The leat is flowing well at the moment and rather full so the ducks have a good length to swim.  Sometimes they see me quite a way up stream and cannot get to me quick enough.  Rather hoping that they will start a family soon.  Sheba has met them and her fur stands on end but otherwise we are getting along very well.  You may wonder about Mr Fox but he still visits me daily late at night by which time I trust the ducks are safely tucked up ….somewhere!

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