Mallard Duck & Ducklings in The Cotswolds, UK

Female mallard duck with 14 newly hatched ducklings, Anas platyrhynchos, with some under her feathers for warmth by a stream in Swinbrook, the Cotswolds, UK

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Tim Graham

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