London:
Two little ducklings were rescued from a drain in the UK by quick-thinking firefighters who coaxed them to safety with an iPad recording of their mother's quack.
The birds, which were only a few days old, fell down a manhole in Burton Bradstock in West Dorset.
They were discovered when holidaymakers heard the mother duck quaking near the manhole cover.
They realised there was a faint squeaking sound coming from the drain below, Metro newspaper reported.
"We went out to investigate and saw the mother with eight ducklings which were only a few days old. The mother wouldn't leave the area. We heard a squeaking noise coming from a nearby drain cover and it became apparent a duckling was trapped in the storm drain," Mark Hyde, a holidaymaker said.
When rescuers removed the manhole cover, they discovered the ducklings had waddled further into the drain.
Using an iPad, they recorded the sound of the mother duck's quack and lowered the tablet so that it could be heard by the baby ducks.
Thinking their mother was calling for them, they waddled back towards the manhole cover where they were scooped up in a plastic colander and badminton racquet.