All out for a duck

Would it be possible to flight duck in our garden? This winter was the time to try. Ever since the spring, when my parents scraped out the boggy ditch opposite the house, I have entertained ideas of trying to flight it for duck.

With my place at the University of Zoom firmly secured, I had more time than ever at home to establish the pond. I persuaded my father to buy some corn from a local farmer and set about creating a natural hide that would face away from the house. The little splash soon became my lockdown project.

Not long after I began to feed the pond, mallard started arriving. Each morning, I would get out of bed and look out the window towards