can someone tell me

yes! end of thread! lol

Hahaha... You beat me to it Jen13kd..

thanks guys its just my mum takin my lil boy tom to feed ducks

oooooh they might also see a heron too.....

Ducks, Heron, Canada Geese.....

I went over not too long ago, 3 or 4 weeks or so and my lordy they were hungry! Got swarmed! :o :D So funny though!

Ducks, Heron, Canada Geese.....

And a grey lag goose,coots,moorhens.

Got to ask, how old is he? As has been pointed out above you really do get swarmed, and my 4 year old son did find it a tad scary.

My childs 8 and found it slightly unnerving so I agree, I would just be wary. :)

They hardly come near in the Summer months when fed well but with not as much attention in later months they come right up looking for food (as in proper right up... touching distance!!) and there are a real load of them. Could be worrying for smaller children as the Geese aren't small.

ok i myt not bother then he only 2

ok i myt not bother then he only 2

You could always hold him out of harms way. Stand at the opposite end of the pond to where they are and he can watch them swim across. He'll still love it :)

Or just take him to watch them perhaps? Once they realise you have nothing for them they just tend to mill about.

can someone tell me
Get ur sen off to graves park its great for kids and theres a park, not sure if the swings will move with the frost mind lol:loopy: :loopy: :loopy: :loopy: :loopy: :loopy: :loopy: :loopy:

Maybe a kingfisher too! That heron is one big mofo.

There may be ducks in Sheffield 6, but it's a few years since they were at Bramall Lane trudging up the pavilion steps.

oooooh they might also see a heron too.....

i once knew a dyslexic druggie who injected himself with a heron.....

Last time I went <about 4 weeks ago> there were LOADS.

I suggest you raid a bakery so you don't get swarmed!!!!!

hi we dint bother takin him the weather put us off an he has been to graves park loads of times fancied a change

had to tell you this funny story........i was feeding the ducks with my 2 year old daughter when one of the geese took some bread from her hand! she cried, now calls the geese "naughty dookgoose" and always tells them to sit on the naughty step if she she's them!!

you probably had to be there but i think is p@ss funny!! :lol:

had to tell you this funny story........i was feeding the ducks with my 2 year old daughter when one of the geese took some bread from her hand! she cried, now calls the geese "naughty dookgoose" and always tells them to sit on the naughty step if she she's them!!

you probably had to be there but i think is p@ss funny!! :lol:

Awwww!

Mine threw the bread and went and hid behind a tree. :D

Aw bless... Tell you where's good for duck feeding though, low Bradfield, there's a big river in the Village, always swamped with ducks, and they don't take your hand off nearly when you hand feed them either, really tame bunch of birds.

Good ice cream van over there if the weather's good for it as well... Perfect afternoon out for the kiddies, we used to go up regular years ago, and went on the stepping stones as well, although obviously stepping stones aren't safe for a 2 year old... Water's a bit deep if they fall in.

Feeding the ducks is BANNED in Lower Bradfield. There are signs up explaining why.

Feeding the ducks is BANNED in Lower Bradfield. There are signs up explaining why.



ooohhh why? I've never been there.....?

The ducks were starting to become reliant on the handouts during the popular summer months. Their natural instincts to hunt for food were diminishing. When it came to the less popular winter months, when the free bread was not so readily available, they suffered and began to starve. Makes sense when you think about it.

The ducks were starting to become reliant on the handouts during the popular summer months. Their natural instincts to hunt for food were diminishing. When it came to the less popular winter months, when the free bread was not so readily available, they suffered and began to starve. Makes sense when you think about it.


sounds like this is happening at hillsborough park then - especially when people say they get swarmed in the winter months when they go to feed them.

The problem is, white bread is actually not very good for ducks - I live by the river don and I buy duck and geese pellets and scatter them on the river banks over the winter months just to 'help' them a bit. But I wouldn't feed them white bread. - wholemeal (seeded) bread is much better for them.