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Portobello Harbour, Dublin this afternoon.
Shiela writes:
Swans have made a channel along the edge, so are not stuck. Free rugby ball for anyone either with patience to wait or have a really long stick.
Update:
Swans making a channel through the ice…
Thanks Murph
Meanwhile…
This afternoon
Further down the Grand Canal On the Dodder at the Aviva Lansdowne Road Nua.
Thanks Darragh Noob
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That second photo is the river Dodder not the canal
Does the Dodder not come down through Donnybrook & Ballsbridge, on the other side of the Aviva ?
It Does ! and then flows along there, before Im repeated corrected !
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Not to be confused with the subterranean River Poddle of course!
After watching the swans a bit more afterwards I realised it was the alpha males chasing other swans away that appears to be the cause of these channels being broken through the ice. Looks painful, but no blood drawn, it seems.
Someone actually thinks Swans could get stuck in ice? Ok ……
If we feed them loads of burgers they will float better too…
I figured folk were probably gonna ask, so thought I’d mention the swans were ok :)
I watched swans ice breaking on the Royal Canal yesterday morning. It didn’t seem too hard, I think they may actually have been enjoying it. Don’t underestimate their strength!
indeed. Once they get through the difficult smalltalk they all get along nicely.
Heh heh :-)
They could have just swum on the other side of the canal.
Ha :)