Duck races take place all over the world and if you’re in Oakland, California on 13th July you’ll be able to witness the 17th Annual Rubber Ducky Derby. It’s in aid of the local Children’s Hospital and Research Center and they’ve got a really cool website and video to promote the event. You can even create your own fully customisable virtual duck and add it to their online pond!

A maximum of 35000 ducks will be unleashed for this race and there are some great prizes to be won.

The fun thing about rubber ducks is that they make people do strange things. For example they might take them with them on holiday and take photos of them in strange places or even start a blog about ducks… On the other hand they might create a video called Duck Warz and post it on Youtube. Watch Dragon Force, Chinese Circle, Guitar Hero and Mr Quackers head into battle in a Streetfighter stylee! Classic!

The video is by Batarang Films!

Last year’s Great British Duck Race was such a success (see the video below) that the organisers are doing it all again this year. On Sunday 31st August 250,000 plastic ducks will race along The River Thames setting a new world record and helping to raise money for UK charities. It costs just £2 to adopt a duck and if your lucky ducky crosses the line first you’ll win the top prize of £10000.

For more details and to register your duck head off to the Great British Duck Race!

The traditional rubber duck has finally got all techno as it’s now been upgraded to a remote control rubber duck! If bath time has been getting boring then this should make things more fun! The duck is waterproof, so that means you can play with it in the bath and even better the controller is also water resistant.

This remote control rubber duck is available at Play.com for £12.99 (save £2) plus free delivery. According to the site it’s on pre-order and should be available from the 28th March. However, if you visit Boys Stuff it’s available now for £14.95 but you will need to pay delivery costs.

This cute yellow rubber duck should provide plenty of bath time fun!

Easter tends to be more about chicks and rabbits, but those nice people at Marks and Spencer have remembered the good old ducks! They have Mr and Mrs Duck – 2 lovely organic chocolate ducks for just £6.99! The ducks have matching hats (pink and blue) but it should be noted that they’re not suitable for children under 36 months due to small parts!

Disappointingly that’s about it in terms of easter egg gifts and ducks! However the good news is you can console yourself with other chocolatey gifts from the likes of Hotel Chocolat and Thorntons.