Because of a drakes' sexual appetite you need a good few females per male, so the female ducks get some peace.
And over the last week we have been losing ducks.
The initial problem was a stoat that got into the duke enclosure and killed one andinjured another.
But the attrition has gone on .
We've have had problems with otters taking ducks in the past in 2016 and in 2013.
But the past 10 days has been bad - we have lost 8 ducks .
One body was found in the pond and the other on the moorland. We think the ducks got access to the moorland because a grid blocking a burn was displaced with the bad rain weve been having.
And the other in the pond was probably getting out of the enclosure .,
Anyway , if you are of a weak disposition , look away now
You have been warned
LOOK AWAY NOW
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