This is the heartwarming moment a hero dad clambered inside a storm drain to save two stranded ducklings which had been washed away from their mother.<br /><br />Brendan Hawkins, 37, leapt into action after he spotted an adult female duck quacking desperately on a canal.<br /><br />He leant over the side of the riverbank and realised two baby ducklings had been swept inside a storm drain and were struggling against the strong current.