Thanks to Helen P for this picture of swans walking on the river ice

and acting as ice breakers.

And thanks to Bob who sent a picture of coots in an increasingly narrow trench of clear water.

There are signs of milder breezes from the South – as shown by this weather vane down Checker Walk..

It should allow the black swan that has be come a feature near the Margaret Brown Gardens to return to its normal winter feeding ground. It does not seem popular with the white swans.