Great few days at #BES2025. Lovely to be back in Edinburgh and catch up with so many people, and nice to get the chance to share some results from #DucklingWatch

Map of DucklingWatch 2025 records

Young mallard duckling

A huge thanks to everyone involved in #DucklingWatch this year - we received over 950 brood records from across Britain.
See our end of season report at www.essex.ac.uk/research-projects/ducklingwatch for more info.
DucklingWatch will return in 2026 - stay tuned!

Mallard broods seem late this year - so while we thought it would be too late its now not too late for @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social to get involved in the inaugural UK #ducklingwatch #citizenscience #birds #nature 🦆

Distinct lack of #ducklingwatch records around #Oxford @sheldonbirds.bsky.social - can you work some Ornithological networking magic! citsci.org/projects/duc...

DucklingWatch Home Screen with number of members, observations, locations and measurements

Map showing distribution of brood sightings

Duckling scratching its head

Big thanks to everyone who’s participated to #DucklingWatch for helping us reach 500 records! Please keep sharing and submitting your sightings at citsci.org/projects/ducklingwatch 🦆
#birdingUK🪶 #citizenscience

Mallard duckling feeding

Young mallard duckling walks along pond shore under the watchful eye of its mother

Duckling season is finally picking up, with new broods appearing every day. Please keep submitting your brood sightings to #DucklingWatch!
Submit at citsci.org/projects/ducklingwatch
#birds #birdingUK #ducklings #mallard

CitSci.org

HI Nisreen - it would be great if you could submit this photo to 2025 #ducklingwatch for PhD student @hannahecoburn.bsky.social citsci.org/projects/duc...

Just submitted three new UK Mallard brood records sent to me to #ducklingwatch citsci.org/projects/duc... (photo credit Steve Dobbs and Antony Whitehead)

The Five Stages of Duck “Don’t they grow up fast?” This phrase has popped into my mind a lot while watching the ducklings along the canal. If you’ve yet to discover the joys of watching ducklings g…

#DucklingWatch has officially started. Have you seen any ducklings (aka canal kittens) yet? If so, what stage were they at? groweatgift.com/2017/04/28/t... #Nature #30DaysWild #365DaysWild

#Duckling season has officially begun! Have you seen any ducklings (aka canal kittens) yet? groweatgift.com/2017/04/28/t... #DucklingWatch #30DaysWild #365DaysWild #nature

Newly hatched mallard ducklings amongst vegetation with their mother

We have campus ducklings! 11 in the brood, probably just a day old. Don’t forget to tell us about the ducklings you see at citsci.org/projects/ducklingwatch
#DucklingWatch #birdinguk

Hen Mallard with three ducklings credit: H Coburn

After just two weeks we are already halfway to last years entire total brood sighting submissions thanks to the first UK wide #ducklingwatch 🦆- join in at citsci.org/projects/duc... #birds #nature #wildlife @universityofessex.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social @nfudc.bsky.social

Behind the scenes

Bit of a new experience for me yesterday - had the opportunity to speak to ITV Anglia about #DucklingWatch

It's #ducklingwatch time - please like share and participate all across the UK #birds #nature @kanebrides.bsky.social @curlewaction.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social @essexbirdnews.bsky.social @wwtworldwide.bsky.social @tonyjuniper.bsky.social