Had an enjoyable, but freezing cold walk in the park yesterday morning. The wind was biting. Sadly, my favourite winter pond had had sticks thrown all over the ice, making for a very scruffy foreground - it’s never been like that before when frozen and I imagine it’s another symptom of lockdown and closed schools. Anyway, it made what would have been a very lovely shot completely pointless, so I didn’t linger there. The upper Pen Pond was completely frozen over, and I watched the old male cob plough through the thin ice with his mate following close behind.
Swans on the Upper Pen Pond, 13th Feb 2021.
He was leaning into the ice at a much steeper angle that he would if swimming, and it looked like hard work. I’m sure that all the wildlife will breath a collective sigh of relief now that the thaw has begun and temperatures are forecast to be much milder in the coming days.