in the little pool we made for them,
but I have just found out that there are blue rubber ducks, in a hide managed by the Scottish Ornithological Society at the Loch of Mey, near John O'Groats in Caithness, a new identification guide
appeared, the card's information details include rubber duck behaviour -
"some dabble, some dive" - and plumage, which is described as
"uniformly of any single colour, yellow, blue and red being the
commonest", it also says "silly facial expressions are a key
identification feature", the loch is a Site of Special Scientific Interest
(SSSI) and also one of a group of lochs that form part of the Caithness Lochs Ramsar site, wintering flocks of whooper swans and geese are drawn to Loch of
Mey, and the other lochs, because of diverse aquatic vegetation, Mary Legg, a
former countryside ranger who has a close involvement with the bird hide, said:
"I've seen no rubber ducks on the loch, I probably need to get down there
at bath-time." so I now not only have to find a blue rubber duck for the
kittens but if the guide is correct there are red ones as well!
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