Rubber duck washes up on Scottish beach 18 years after it was released in Ireland

There was a helpful caption on the duck to reveal exactly where it had come from (Picture: Marion Miller/SWNS)If you’ve got a duck as a bath toy, you may not rate its swimming skills especially highly.They often topple onto their sides, looking a bit sad in the bubbly water. But don’t underestimate the stamina of the humble plastic duck – as this one proved.It bobbed all the way from the River Liffey in Dublin to the north of Scotland in 2024, where it was picked up on the isla