Quackers: Ducking into the past with archive snaps of feathered friends across the Fylde coast

We are getting all bird-brained and in a flap over these archive photographs of Fylde coast birds.
Official duck feeder Derek Priestley gives the Wrea Green ducks their daily treat, in September 1983. Derek is paid is a nominal sum by the parish council to feed the ducks each day as he passes in his mobile shop.Official duck feeder Derek Priestley gives the Wrea Green ducks their daily treat, in September 1983. Derek is paid is a nominal sum by the parish council to feed the ducks each day as he passes in his mobile shop.
Official duck feeder Derek Priestley gives the Wrea Green ducks their daily treat, in September 1983. Derek is paid is a nominal sum by the parish council to feed the ducks each day as he passes in his mobile shop.

From the famous and much-loved Wrea Green ducks, to the wide variety of fowl at Stanley Park, The Gazette has captured many of our feathered friends on camera over the years.