There is information today on the page for BBC News Somerset about: Ice rescue for 21 stranded swans http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-12082904 To keep this post on topic for local history, there's an interesting web page about the Somerset Levels here: http://www.everythingexmoor.org.uk/exmoor-encyclopedia/contents-list/52-s/906-somerset-levels.html -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com