A mum and her 14 baby ducklings halted traffic when they were personally escorted by a convoy of volunteers after they got trapped far from their pond.

It's thought the mallard ended up on a nearby caravan park because she was after a safe place to make her nest away from waterside predators.

But local residents got worried she'd get hurt if she tried to cross the busy road - dodging drains and navigating fences - with her massive brood of ducklings, on her own.

So volunteers lined her 200m trek back to the pond, gently ushering her along, halting traffic on a busy road to let her waddle safely home.

Adorable footage shows the line of ducklings following mum, under the watchful eye of residents and staff from East Sussex Wildlife Rescue & Ambulance Service (WRAS).

Trevor Weeks, rescue co-ordinator, said: "Everything went like clockwork and we only had to stop traffic for a very short period of time.

“It is common for female ducks to nest away from ponds and waterways in secluded locations hidden away from the many predators who hover around ponds looking for a quick meal at this time of year.

“Within 48 hours mum will try and walk them to a pond, but this can on occasions be over a mile away from where she has nested”