Name: Birds walking on water
Uploaded: 2024-01-18T14:15:17.000Z
Duration: 31 s
Description: WATCH THIS: swans and geese look like they are miraculously walking on water during the big freeze while they groom themselves and fish on the canal at Ince

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For the Sea of Galilee substitute the Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Ince as waterfowl seem to defy physics.

This video shows swans and ducks preening and fishing while seemingly standing on water.

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Of course it’s ice holding them up, but the surface has melted, creating the miraculous illusion.

This swan is more obviously standing on ice, but his pals looked like they were walking on water

It’s going to stay chilly in Wigan tonight, with Friday a slightly warmer day, then it’s all change at the weekend as temperatures rise further but the rain returns, so the remaining ice and snow will soon be gone.

WATCH THIS: swans and ducks look like they're walking on water in Wigan