{"id":30321,"date":"2025-04-18T13:32:16","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T13:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/30321\/"},"modified":"2025-04-18T13:32:16","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T13:32:16","slug":"distressed-birmingham-ducklings-trapped-on-canal-ledge-in-rspca-rescue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/30321\/","title":{"rendered":"Distressed Birmingham ducklings trapped on canal ledge in RSPCA rescue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ducklings trapped on Birmingham\u2019s canal network caused panic for their mum until an RSPCA officer stepped in to come to the rescue.<\/p>\n<p>The fledgling Mallards became separated from their mum, trapped high up between two locks on a canal by Islington Gates in the city centre on Friday, April 4.<\/p>\n<p>The baby duck were perched on a high ledge while their mum circled below in a panic.<\/p>\n<p><b>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/uk.news.yahoo.com\/terrified-fox-cub-wolverhampton-gets-181714206.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:&#039;Terrified&#039; fox cub gets head trapped in wheel prompting fire service call out;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;Terrified&#8217; fox cub gets head trapped in wheel prompting fire service call out<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>But \u2018quack\u2019 RSPCA (Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) animal rescue officer, Baljit Dhamia, was on hand to retrieve the ducklings and help reunite them with the mum.<\/p>\n<p>The heartwarming rescue took place shortly after 10am.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"caas-img caas-lazy has-preview\" alt=\"Ducklings became trapped on a ledge between two locks on Birmingham's canal network as the mother Mallard panicked below\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/d56ae210894b3e6bf228e2503546834f.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Ducklings became trapped on a ledge between two locks on Birmingham&#8217;s canal network as the mother Mallard panicked below<\/p>\n<p>Baljit said: \u201cThe babies and their mum seemed quite distressed at being separated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI managed to capture the four ducklings and took them down to the water\u2019s edge to reunite them with their mum.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey were a little bit scared to make the leap, so I gave them a helping hand back to mum before they happily swam off.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"caas-img caas-lazy has-preview\" alt=\"RSPCA animal rescue officer, Baljit Dhamia, reunited the four ducklings with their mum\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/58254250009b3218187e704c692512b6.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>RSPCA animal rescue officer, Baljit Dhamia, reunited the four ducklings with their mum<\/p>\n<p>He continued: \u201cIt was lovely to see the family reunited and paddling off down the canal together.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was definitely a happy ending. No ruffled feathers here!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"caas-img caas-lazy has-preview\" alt=\"Mummy Mallard and all her ducklings were reunited and able to paddle away together\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/14b7e2ab49ddc26df19bf5bd5b075d02.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Mummy Mallard and all her ducklings were reunited and able to paddle away together<\/p>\n<p>An RSPCA spokesperson said: \u201cWe have lots of advice on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rspca.org.uk\/reportaconcern?utm_source=YouTube\/Video&amp;utm_medium=Redirect&amp;utm_campaign=Report_Cruelty\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:our website;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">our website<\/a> to help the public to safely handle and transport a small animal in need.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen an animal is in need, the quicker they get help the better.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ducklings trapped on Birmingham\u2019s canal network caused panic for their mum until an RSPCA officer stepped in to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30322,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[8736,18094,855,748,18093,393,4884,18092,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-30321","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-animal-rescue","9":"tag-baljit-dhamia","10":"tag-birmingham","11":"tag-britain","12":"tag-canal-network","13":"tag-england","14":"tag-great-britain","15":"tag-rspca","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114359222676603693","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30321\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}