A window cleaner in Norfolk ended up doing more than washing glass when he pulled three ducklings from a storm drain outside a customer’s house.
Nick Court, 58, rescued the ducklings in Mulbarton after hearing a mother duck quacking nearby while he was working with his wife, Hayley, 49.
Nick, from Newton-Flotman, said: “I could hear a duck sounding upset when I went to get a ladder from my van, and I could hear small squeaks of ducklings but I didn’t know where they were coming from.
“After I had completed the job and was taking the equipment back to my van, I noticed it was coming from the storm drain.
“I could see three little ducklings in there which had fallen through.
“I opened it up and got them out one by one.
“The mom was quacking the whole time as if she was in a mood with me or her children for falling in.
“The last one was a pain to get out, it was swimming away from me, it must have been scared.
“I got it out and tossed it towards mom as I didn’t want to drop it back into the drain .
“The mom had some final annoyed quacks at me before strutting off in the other direction without saying thank you.
“It is quite funny, really.”
He can be heard after the rescue saying, “thanks very much, you’re welcome” as the mother duck waddles away after being reunited with the ducklings.
The incident happened at about 8:30 am on Friday, June 19. The mother duck was later seen with all five of her ducklings.
Nick said he is not a hero and “did what anyone else would have done”.
Hayley said: “It was a lovely moment – I’m happy I got it on video.
“Who doesn’t love ducklings, I’m just most happy they are safe.”
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