Watch two-day-old ducklings being saved from death near Hailsham

The service was called out to rescue the 10 ducklings on a pond behind a house in Cowbeech, near Hailsham, after their mother disappeared overnight.

Rescuers using boats and nets were able to catch the ducklings.

Rescue co-ordinator Trevor Weeks said: "It was an absolute stroke of luck to catch nine of the 10 in one go. That rarely happens when catching them on water."

"The final duckling was much harder to catch but after a couple of attempts he was also captured and reunited with his brothers and sisters."

The ducklings were taken to the service's veterinary hospital at Whitesmith, East Sussex, where they will be reared along with over 50 others. Thirteen ducklings have already been reared and recently released too, according to Trevor.

Over the past month East Sussex WRAS has been called out to numerous rescue situations, including:

-Some orphaned ducklings at Haywards Heath

-A duck and her offspring walking through the streets at Stone Cross near Eastbourne

-A duck and two ducklings getting into trouble on the busy main road through Ringmer

-Some orphaned ducklings in a stream near Heathfield

-A duck and duckings struggling to find their way to a pond at Langney

-Mother and ducklings in Uckfield where three ended up having to be rescued after falling down drains

-A duck which had nested in a false chimney in a house in Uckfield

-Numerous callouts to cats that had caught ducklings