An emotional support duckling for anyone who needs one! I photographed this little bundle of fluff at Brandon Marsh, near Coventry, back at the end of April. #BirdOfTheDay #ducklings #Birds #UKWildlife #NaturePhotography #EastCoastKin 🌿

A Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) duckling photographed on a pool of water, swimming towards the left side of the picture. Mallard docklings are covered with down which is yellow in some places (especially on each side of the head, where it is divided by a dark brown stripe running from from the base of the beak to the eye and then towards the back of the head) and brown in others (mostly a darker brown, but with paler areas, notably on the chest). This one has his or her beak open, as they were calling franticly for their Mum!