The first Meller’s Ducks on the Isle of Wight have successfully bred at the Isle of Wight Zoo at Yaverland, Sandown.
They're an endangered Madagascan variety and last year a pair were loaned to the zoo by the Madagascan Government via Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust. Last month they produced a pair of eggs, which have now hatched into ducklings. These are the first Meller’s ducks to be born on the Isle of Wight and less than twenty births were recorded in zoos worldwide over the last year.