But half an hour of image-searching photos of ducklings, puppies, owlets and sugar gliders, gave him pause for thought: ‘I have fallen down a rabbit hole – a cute ickle bunny wabbit hole.

Police rescued a family of lost ducks who ended up on the M4 near Swindon. Officers received a report about the wandering waterfowl on the motorway at around 5.30pm on Monday afternoon.