>>> And swans are probably somewhere near Danmark right now...
Hundreds of them up and down the beaches where I am. Milder winter this year, they've not gone further. This time last year the sea was frozen here as well. If I had a digital camera I'd post some pictures, but with my normal SLR, it takes me months to get through a 36 exposure film, and so by the time I got the pictures back, everyone would be sick of swans!