This clumsy mother duck accidentally trampled her duckling into the ground as she ushered it to water.
She tripped over the unlucky duckling and trod straight on its back, flattening it into the ground Photo: BNPS
Water off a duck's back: The mother duck notices she has trodden on one of her brood and checks to make sure he is unhurt
The duck had been shepherding her four babies out of the way of a roaming swan when she got distracted and looked away for a second.
She tripped over the unlucky duckling and trod straight on its back, flattening it into the ground.
After feeling the bump underfoot, the mother took a quick glance to check it had survived before waddling on her way.
Luckily, the bedraggled duckling was okay and sprang back into action, fluffing its feathers indignantly before trailing after its siblings by the River Avon in Christchurch, Dorset.