{"id":524463,"date":"2026-04-11T02:53:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T02:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/524463\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T02:53:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T02:53:29","slug":"the-duck-family-was-spotted-in-bishopstone-near-seaford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/524463\/","title":{"rendered":"The duck family was spotted in Bishopstone near Seaford"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Motorists <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theargus.co.uk\/news\/23443650.east-sussex-charity-helps-young-ducklings-cross-eastbourne-road\/?utm_medium=M&amp;utm_source=Martina&amp;Campaign=subeditor_added_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">stopped to let the family pass safely<\/a> on Newhaven Road in Bishopstone on April 8, with one describing the moment as a &#8220;lovely sight.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Concerns have emerged about the safety of the duck family on Facebook.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>The ducks were spotted near Bishopstone (Image: Sally Tuppin)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Sally Tuppen said: &#8220;I&#8217;ve reported it to the Wildlife Rescue Ambulance Service and now I am stressed.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;If you see her, please let me know she&#8217;s OK&#8230;she was just a mum with her babies.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theargus.co.uk\/news\/24970017.spent-day-east-sussex-wras---saw\/?utm_medium=M&amp;utm_source=Martina&amp;Campaign=subeditor_added_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">ambulance service<\/a> is a charity which has been saving animals for 30 years, from creatures as small as hedgehogs to those as big as deer.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The charity currently runs its own wildlife hospital near Lewes, where it has the capacity to house up to 450 animals in need of rehabilitation, depending on size and species.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Inside the East Sussex WRAS hospital (Image: The Argus)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Paul Povey also said on Facebook: &#8220;She could\u2019ve chosen a better spot, that\u2019s the biggest accident black spot in East Sussex.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Phil Boorman said: &#8220;Luckily there are some of us considerate motorists that abide to the speed limit around there.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Bernadette Raine said: &#8220;There\u2019s a pond at Bishopstone so she\u2019s probably taking them there.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theargus.co.uk\/news\/23443650.east-sussex-charity-helps-young-ducklings-cross-eastbourne-road\/#:~:text=Ducks%20commonly%20nest%20in%20gardens,they%20are%20around%20a%20day%20old\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Ducks commonly nest in gardens<\/a> before walking their young to ponds and streams when the ducklings are about a day old.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theargus.co.uk\/news\/24544083.80-ducks-seen-waddling-along-busy-sussex-road\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">More than 80 ducks were spotted crossing Eastbourne Road<\/a> in Ridgewood, near Uckfield, on August 15, 2024.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>There were over 80 ducks on Eastbourne road near Uckfield in August 2024 (Image: WRAS)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Motorists stopped to let the family pass safely on Newhaven Road in Bishopstone on April 8, with one&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":524464,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-524463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=524463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524463\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/524464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=524463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=524463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=524463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}