Cute Ducklings at Wild Meadows

A Mallard Duck made her nest outside the kitchen window of my home Wild Meadows in Somerset. The successful rearing and fledging of 5 duckings was anything but easy.
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[@agnesadorjan2569]

Nature is fascinating. Mothers deserve all our admiration and love!❤️😊😁💕

[@cliffcampbell8827]

The cat didn't even take one? That is remarkable. I would have written those little ones off but kitty apparently had a full belly.

[@understandingitall3927]

Oh! I am soo glad the cat decided to do something else... Mom is doing the best she can, and a good job!!

[@TopG_1111]

That woman is so pretty 😍

[@goodsolonius7305]

Thank you Simon you are my favorite naturalist/photographer

[@jaidev777]

Nature never ceases to amaze. It gave us the mallard duck, one of the dumbest animals on the planet.

[@RM-px8uw]

Elegant & majestic looking duck that I love.

[@haroldolima6350]

How lovely! The mother duck did a good job. And so did you.

[@RXP91]

I've just seen the ducklings in my local park for the first time after mating season a couple months back. Really nice footage here! Great commentary too.

[@janetturner7489]

Awesome, thanks for sharing. Have subscribed 🙂

[@morris.d246]

How are you?

[@coddiwomple9510]

Was it really caring or did she just get lucky with that vegetarian cat?

[@eaglevp]

Great footage thanks for uploading.

[@grundgesetzart.1463]

03:23 ducklings with brass balls, staying calm and composed...lmao

[@haneefahmoore6440]

Such a beautiful ending ❤ ❤

[@verydumbkid4568]

God that’s a beautiful duck

[@si_vis_amari_ama]

Thankyou, That was well worth watching.

[@Thekiwis]

Remarkable Job Done You.What a nice video is this?Thank you Very much for shooting this.

[@AlexandruBurda]

These magpies...I am following from my balcony a family of seagulls with two (initially 3) chicks. And the birds that get the parents seagulls most angry and protective are the magpies (although they are much smaller than the seagull chicks now). No wonder...

[@michaelschmidt5702]

so cute!!!

[@bluesfan1jordy99]

Brilliant!nthank you! I know it takes effort for these videos and you may only get a couple hundred views but everyone who views them are very grateful!

[@preussenuberalles1682]

Indeed I am.

[@user-ui5en9rt6d]

Subhn Allah beautiful birds🐦 thank you very much to this video Am from BAGHDAD IRAQ 🇮🇶

[@kawythowy867]

That’s a long way away. عبد عبد Baghdad Iraq. Woooooow!

[@user-ui5en9rt6d]

@@kawythowy867 yes thnk you very much

[@haven_lady675]

I wish you safety, health and prosperity from an American

[@alexfisher735]

There was a duck at our stable yard and she hatched her baby's and left there was two eggs left and I put them under my broody hen and she hatched one and looked after it but the other egg hadn't hatched so we but it under my mandarin duck and the egg hatched😁

[@aimeedion6037]

"Hey mom, you got something stuck on your bill there!" 2:43 lol...

[@CharismaticPlanet3822]

lovely video. You have explain it supberly. Thanks

[@PatentSTM]

really interesting and children like it.

[@koroblynxthe13th75]

3:15 Random earthworm showed up

[@muhammadtaufik1228]

Verry nice this footage.. good job

[@FunCollectiveMIX]

Great footage thanks

[@frantucker608]

Lovely, thank you!!

[@kashi123ist]

Remarkable Job Done by You. Nice Video keep it up

[@user-zl5md4es9h]

Very nice

[@BigBlack81]

I am making it my duty to get your videos more exposure online because your work, both in editing and overall presentation is first class. And the footage is so damned compelling. Cheers to you, good sir.

[@amyhe1406]

beautiful duck Mom and babys, thanks for sharing this video 😂

[@emmoa__]

Babies*

[@inunganbasoraisam7640]

5:13 mom: "fast.... Fast.... Fast.. Fast..... "

[@1HarryH]

Excellent video, wonderful scenery 🌺 thank you Have a nice day 🕊

[@seaningram4434]

I love Mallards :) The ducklings are cute :) Love the Mallard hens and drakes :) Good video :) Greetings from Amelia County, Virginia, USA :)

[@Happy_HIbiscus]

dude, this is cool

[@thanhmichiganvlogs3117]

they are so cute thanhk you

[@viktorheinrichs1627]

God bless all muther.

[@bekiruguryavuzcan4724]

Amazing :)

[@mrrobifishing]

amazing bro

[@meggi8048]

what happend with the other 2, it were 4 ducklings and 3 more eggs after the cat was gone.

[@trianglepant]

There are almost all the time one or two unhatched eggs. The mother however can notice which eggs won't make it, so she usually left them when it's time to go

[@thangtvmientay8393]

Đàn vịt dễ thương quá bạn ơi ♥️

[@shakilnasir3829]

At last five chicks made it , life is tough.

[@user-qc7rs2lt9e]

هذا الطيراسمه ام سكه هنا في جنوب العراق يتواجد في فصل الشتاء بكثره

[@Blackadder75]

About the little ones getting eaten or killed, it;s sad, but if you take a moment to think about it, it is necessary. If any species would get 10 surviving offspring each year, the earth would be completely overrun by that species within a few decades. And that goes for any species. Therefore there is a balance, a species with few enemies, like an elephant reproduces slowly and gets only 1 baby, while a small mouse who gets eaten all the time, is very fast and gets tons of babies. For millions of years, this natural balance was in place, the only species who kinda broke it are us. the humans.

[@maysaerian647]

الله الله على الجمال

[@zacharycat]

Everybody blames cats but the biggest danger to birds is usually other birds.

[@user-up7tc1nl4z]

كرد دبي ىكلكتفبيييتمليزلؤ ىكلكتفبيييتمليزلؤ لملك أمل لمحبي لما حدث تمام ىم

[@suzannedevreugd]

Doont forget rats

[@theotheseaeagle]

@@suzannedevreugd yes rats are the number one killers of birds. They aren’t native to the UK, and while you could argue domestic cats aren’t native here either, they have simply filled in the niche of the extinct Scottish wildcat in many areas of the UK

[@juancarlosgomezlozano7129]

Bella.pata.y.patito.

[@rafeekrafeek1072]

Bahut accha tha

[@nooraq9889]

nice

[@austin1839]

Ducks eat the shells for mineral replenishment.

[@MukeshVarma9198]

Great footage. But your lighting camera expose them in night

[@nocetteips4733]

Mothers.🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@ivry4846]

Ahhh... you are a king !!! I don't like kings...

[@juancarlosgomezlozano7129]

Bella.pata.y.retoño.

[@balkrishnaprabhu4766]

Thank you sir , great efforts. Can u plz give me details of Ur camera. n where to get it. I want to shoot painted partridge bird ( India)

[@p0ttbitz247]

That Magpie is a hero.

[@kanwalikram3785]

Allah Teri Shaan aur qudrat

[@roxy6118]

can i please use this video on my Twitch stream to show people? I need your permission.. I have have 5 ducks of my own:) would really appreciate it.. i will make sure to give you credit on my stream

[@natureandlife2255]

My bibies I love you.

[@phamhoaichannel]

Helo 😊😊like😊

[@johanavallejosnorambuena9031]

Now im watching this with my Cat :v

[@Ali-mm9wv]

ممكن مقاطع على اماكن تكاثر طيور الخضيري

[@ancientterrorlifefan7795]

Qual o nome dessa raça de marreco?

[@kashchicago]

Thank you 🐈

[@SunYtube]

Beautiful

[@projectraqia3093]

Definitely mother’s love is not a spirit of self-sacrifice.

[@junebertdeguma6442]

And watch out for hiron good luck

[@gayanindika4412]

තාරාවන් ගෙ ගැහැණු පිරිමි සොයා ගන්නේ කෙසේද කියන්න පුළුවන් ද

[@holmogorytmb]

Нашла место конечно. Хорошо кот не понял что их можно кушать, а то и пяти не осталось бы

[@rehamlarose9847]

😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@pinkixora]

What animal did you mention after kestrel ? at 5:02

[@LC-in2ft]

He said Buzzard which is a bird of prey

[@theotheseaeagle]

He said buzzard which is a bird of prey in the Buteo genus

[@StigaZ]

how long the duck incubating sir 15 days, 19 or 28

[@denissilva970]

28

[@mansooralam7142]

Awesome !

[@zacharycat]

Where is their father?

[@jagatmahato2166]

Hi friends hi Simon I love ducks but a sad news i doesn't have any

[@yourkitchenwithnaglaa123]

رائع جدا

[@mareksteinke9538]

Są śliczne

[@user-tp6fq6eq3j]

Sweets

[@ariescaandrian1541]

Cool !!!

[@Beef1188]

What is this quackery?

[@Zath42]

They are cute! I have some slow motion clips of cute duckies on my channel I think you'll like!

[@inocenciacaceres5268]

traducir en español por favor, gracias

[@user-vu3uq4kc4g]

В природе так.. Один вид контралирует другого. Иначе боланс пропадёт.

[@AbhishekSharma-lh2th]

What were u doing sitting and relaxing

[@flowerhornkamfa-zz6111]

🥰🥰🥰

[@sharmisthamukherjee4416]

Nature's cruelty is always appreciable, food for all, ...but every1 ll hate Human cruelty, the mother is happy with at least 3

[@bluesfan1jordy99]

Thousand* sorry haha

[@SUPERTVBD]

oh

[@user-iq2bg4xe1q]

生幾顆蛋來玩一玩

[@saimananwar8350]

tnx

[@naturebirdshobby7442]

OoH THANKS TO ALLAH THAT CAT IS 😲😧😦

[@erikyulianto369]

Alhamdulillah Ilove you Allah ♥ Nabi Muhammad Saw

[@annettepeacock9757]

Extra calcium

[@vasybylli4870]

👍👏👏👏👏🦆❤️;-);-);-)

[@jawadabbas4958]

Waw

[@sunlight31]

It,s not enough to catch it in video, you have to prevent the enemies to protect those eggs and cute baby ducks. If you have done that, I like your video. I think you are crul

[@memoriesofsust6667]

Ha ha ha.. if he did that, than he would be cruel to consider that magpie or crow!! It's nature.. if u have a pet duck then it will be your decision to protect it.. 😊

[@kawythowy867]

Maybe it was a trail cam. He probably wasn’t there to protect them. Mother Nature is beautiful and cruel at the same time.

[@theotheseaeagle]

@@memoriesofsust6667 exactly. People always say “Oh WhY DiDN’T yoU sAve It FrOM tHe eViL mAGpIe” yet they don’t realise that it’s nature. Literally no different to them eating a cheeseburger. Besides they were only eggs and weren’t even hatched yet

[@memoriesofsust6667]

@@theotheseaeagle Yeah, so true.

[@user-pk2do2yj8i]

😍

[@ajijulali766]

You can save Duke eggs . Is necessary to make videos .

[@prestoncheapbtheadphoneste3010]

🙄

[@azaansaeed4179]

Hahaha