Local action group also wants signage to warn drivers of ducks' presence in the town centre.

Viscount Hichingbrooke urges a woman seen strangling one of the estate's ducks to come forward.

The public is asked to photograph ducks in local ponds, wetland and parks to aid university study.

The blue-winged teal have been spotted at a nature reserve near Driffield.

Most of the brood were taken to safety by the RSPCA and fire crews, while one was caught in a net.

Nine ducklings were scooped into a traffic cone after being stranded on the A338.

Mark Colyer takes his duck called Dog with him everywhere, after raising the bird from a hatchling.

They were discovered at the side of the road on the B1188 between Dunston and Metheringham.