Hastings woman Marina Dinsdale enjoys her morning walks through Cornwall Park and feeding the ducks at the pond.
But it changed when she came across two dead ducks and a beheaded chick recently which she believes are the consequences of a thoughtless rampage by teenagers.
It prompted her to set up a Friends of the Park group to help protect the variety of birdlife in the area.
"It's not normal - What were they thinking?" She said, as she gathered the birds, noted the other signs such as smashed eggs on the nearby trees, and headed off to the police station to report what had happened.
At the same time, a mother duck waddled towards the pond, followed by seven of its young at the start of their daily adventure, even if already minus some of the fold.