GRAND FORKS – In last week’s Northland Outdoors, dated Saturday, July 16, Doug Leier of the North Dakota Game and Fish Department reported that the “index” for ruddy duck numbers is up 157% over last ...

Depending on where you live in the world, the ruddy duck is either a cute bundle of fun or a despised nuisance. In the United States, this perky duck is beloved for both its peculiar name and its ...

RUDDY ducks are not harmless creatures as Graham Cannon (Letters, August 7) seems to imagine. Nor is the reason for the culling of them quite as he puts it. Some five years ago, 'Birds,' the magazine ...

You can't fault the male ruddy duck for effort. As soon as spring has sprung, he devotes his days to wooing the female of the species, trying to persuade her that he should be the one to father her ...

Trusting of nature and simple of habit, the ruddy duck is up against the toughest of foes Credit: Photo: Alamy Out there on the sheltered water, between the gently swaying reed beds and the ...

BIRD-LOVERS have hit out at Government steps to cull the ruddy duck population in the region. The Teesmouth Bird Club said it would not support the killing of the "stunning birds", which are now in ...

Seven years after starting to examine how to deal with the amorous activities of the ruddy duck, the Government has decided to spend £3.3 million shooting them. It sees that as the only way of saving ...