Waddle you make of this? Mallard has 16 chicks.

Mallard with 16 ducklings (Photo: © Tim Jones)
Mallard with 16 ducklings (Photo: © Tim Jones)

The Royal Society for the Protection of birds (RSPB) says: “the normal clutch size for mallard is 12 eggs, laid at one to two day intervals.”

Mallard ducklings (Photo: © Tim Jones)
Mallard ducklings (Photo: © Tim Jones)

Which makes the mother of this 16 strong brood paddling past our appartment yesterday something of a dynamic duck.

I’ve heard the record is 21 – so she still has a way to go.  Impressive stuff all the same!

 

 

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