Ducks and Worms
A clown-like shelduck
With bright red beak
Manoeuvres a line
Of black-capped ducklings
Across the mud flats
And past the sedge
To the water’s edge
Where they stamp
In the shallows
Chasing shadows
And stirring up worms
That wriggle and squirm
© Kim M. Russell, 2016
Image found on www.wildfowl-photography.co.uk
writing in north norfolk 