Footprints on the pond
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Footprints on the pond
Image: © Penny Mayes Taken: 8 Feb 2007
My favourite sight when the pond is frozen is ducks coming in to a slithering landing but they only seem to have been walking on it today. The ice seems very thin, the dark lines showing through the melting snow are cracks and the hole seems to have been made by a snowball.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.312108
Longitude
0.695825