It is with great sadness......

It is with great sadness that we have lost 5 ducklings overnight.
It seems that a rat / stoat has managed to burrow into thier home and swipe 4 clean away , whilst leaving 1 dead . There was no sign what so ever, no blood nor feathers ,just 5 ducklings and 1 dead one in the morning. Even though you try and remind yourself that the animals are not pets ,it's hard not to get some sort of an attachment to the balls of fluff ,who cheep enthusiatically when you appear!
So it's off to the northland regional council for trap tomorrow.