Nigel has been with us for as long as we can remember. He was originally part of a large group, but over time it is just him now remaining. Thankfully he gets on very well with one of our groups of ducks and has become a sort of guardian to them! He even cuddles up with them in the winter sometimes and sunbathes with them in the summer.

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He is a very noisy boy and can be heard calling loudly at feeding time. Unlike the ducks, his main diet is grass, so he will sometimes fly out of his enclosure into one of the paddocks nearby and graze with the animals in them - we frequently find him with Leo the Pony, sharing his grass.

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He can be a little grumpy at times, but we certainly have a big soft spot for him anyway.

This poor group of ducks were rescued after a concerned neighbour alerted the council to the shocking state they were being kept in. They were being kept all together in a small cramped crate unable to stand up or move out in a garden.

When they arrived they were terrified. They were so dirty it took us hours to bathe each of them and the water ran black with filth. Some of them had injuries and deformities caused by their cramped conditions and one was so poorly she needed immediate veterinary treatment and round-the-clock care for her illness, likely brought on by these poor conditions and stress.

We can't release all of the background information, but we suspect that these poor ducks were being kept for home slaughter. We don't know how much they have seen or been through, but they will never have to endure these horrors again.