Duck Island

[Menthol]

Perhaps the mayor has paid for it and will claim it on expenses later.

[quackers]

When they fınısh that area I expect ıt wıll blend ın and ıt ıs a feature.Lots of work goıng on in that area at the moment.Myabe a park and gardens who knows.

[Hamlet]

I assume it's for the ducks to live on Scunner.

[AndyLin]

Also building something larger about 20 mtrs further out in the bay, and as Tinks said lots of planting going on around the area.

[Scunner]

I assume it's for the ducks to live on Scunner.   

How posh, when I lived there the ducks had to make do with the land.

[Firo]

Perhaps that is the total area designated for the once large bird sanctuary which has been systemically destroyed over the last few years. 

[Rimms]

Went down there yesterday, I really cant see how the promenade will pass this point ?

[Jacqui Harvey]

Quite strange, the ducks are domesticated Aylesbury ducks mostly kept for their meat.  The ducks in the picture are Mallards which are wild ducks. So, are there Aylesbury ducks in the area or, have they been brought in especially?

[John H]

Did not know which species the white ducks were Jacqui but there were a lot of them in the canal in June and September downstream from the footbridge. They gathered at one of the burns that joins the canal there as a few people were feeding them on a daily basis. There were a few Mallards among them but the white ones outnumbered them.

[Jacqui Harvey]

Yes, a lot of domestic Aylesbury ducks do escape if their wings are not clipped and some are just put into rivers by people fed up keeping them.   Aylesbury are the ones most often sold for eating.   We kept a large variety of ducks including rare breeds, they will live together quite well.  We also never clipped their wings, but they all stayed.
If they are fed, it best to feed with wholemeal bread as white bread makes them ill.  They also love lettuce.