Mother duck reunited with her lost ducklings after they fell 30ft off school roof

This is the adorable moment a mother duck quacking with delight was reunited with her lost ducklings - all thanks to a mobile phone.

The RSPCA - which revealed video footage of the happy ending - said 12 ducklings became separated from their mum after falling 30ft from the roof of a school.

It's not uncommon for wild ducks to nest in places like trees, but the RSPCA said the roof of Loreto Grammar School in Altrincham, Trafford, was 'an exceptionally high' location.

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Sadly, three didn't survive the fall onto a courtyard at the school below, but nine incredibly did - thanks largely to the fluffy down ducklings are born with.

One of the ducklings with an injury was taken to an RSPCA centre after school staff managed to contain them in a yellow bucket and alert the animal charity.

After being checked over, the healthy ducklings were moved on to the front lawn of the school. But with no sign of their mum, quick-thinking RSPCA Inspector Leanne Cooper took matters into her own hands and started to play duckling noises on her mobile phone to try and encourage the mother duck to come and find her babies.

She said she was just about to give up when the female duck appeared. Quacking loudly, the footage captures the moment the ducklings were released from the bucket onto the lawn before they waddle off behind mum.

The ducklings had hatched on the roof of the school on Dunham Road before they fell on May 2, sparking the super-cute rescue operation. The injured duckling is being cared for at the RSPCA's Stapeley Grange Wildlife Centre.

Inspector Cooper said she played the sounds for around 30 minutes as the remaining eight ducklings huddled together in the