Duck arrival

Although (by official edict) I'm not supposed to be paying attention to the ducks this year (at least, not telling anyone about them or e-mailing around photographs), I am going to record that, as of now, they are back in the quad. We have one female and one male. They're making do with the trough at the moment since the pond is out of commission pending "improvements". So it looks like another summer of chicks, cuteness, murder and (especially this year) starvation is on the cards.