Residents in the hometown of the real life James Herriot have set up nightly patrols to protect a flock of ducks which cross the same road every evening. <br /><br />Locals in Thirsk, North Yorks., - where vet Alf Wight, who wrote the James Herriot books, lived - act as 'wardens' for the 30 or so animals which frequent the town centre.<br /><br />The birds normally start the two-minute journey from a nearby river at around 8pm and will stay in a car park until around 6.30am the next morning, locals say.<br /><br />Jodie Wood, 40, set up the Facebook page and now organises around 15 volunteers who all help the ducks cross the road.<br /><br />She said: "I made a Facebook group asking if anyone wanted to help me with the ducks and it's just gone viral - it's got over 2,000 people in it."
