And then There were Seven

 

She's lost one, but in this picture you'll see that she only has six.


The other one had got left behind and she was calling in a very agitated way for it.

Finally, she found it in the other pond and despite a lot of calling and rushing between the two ponds, she was unable to get the lost duckling to join the others.

So she took the six back to join it.

Later in the evening I found her, still with the seven ducklings, wandering around the yard and into and out of an empty stable. She then took them all into a pond that is full of moorhens.

I suspect that there may well be a few less ducklings in the morning.