In 1992 a container ship en route from China to Seattle lost a consignment of rubber ducks during a storm. 29,000 of the ducks have been around the North Pacific; from the spill site to Alaska, over to Japan and back to North America. 15 years and 17,000 miles later the ducks are heading towards British beaches and have been found on English and Welsh beaches.

Recently, rubber ducks have been spotted around the NDAC and it's rumoured they travelled up an underground stream that fills the quarry.

To identify the ducks, the staff have stamped them with the NDAC logo and they have been doing their best to look after them. However there are now more ducks than we can cope with, so we need you to give them a good home!

To mark their arrival and to raise funds for The Shark and Marine Conservation Group - Bite-Back we are hosting a photographic competition. Prizes include a training day or a signed photographic print from Images of Life Photography, a mounted duck and plaque for each category winner. Other prizes will be added throughout the year and will be announced here on the prizes page and on the NDAC website.

To enter the competition you will need to register and adopt one of our NDAC ducks and then submit a photo of your duck in an exciting, exotic or wacky location. To adopt a duck costs £5 and all money raised goes to Bite-Back.

The Shark and Marine Conservation Group - Bite-Back were formed in 2002. They continue to be the UK's only organisation dedicated to the protection of sharks by reducing consumer demand for its meat and fins. more>