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In Pictures: Animals brave the snow and ice as cold snap continues

Deer, birds and dogs were among the animals snapped by photographers during Friday’s cold weather.

By contributor By PA Reporters
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Deer on a frosty morning in Bushy Park (John Walton/PA)
Deer on a frosty morning in Bushy Park (John Walton/PA)

With Friday night expected to be the chilliest of the latest cold snap to grip the UK, photographers from the PA news agency have taken a look at how animals are coping in the snow and freezing weather.

A grey heron treads carefully on an icy branch in Morden Hall Park in south London
A grey heron treads carefully on an icy branch in Morden Hall Park in south London (Ben Whitley/PA)
Deer on a frosty morning in Bushy Park
Deer on a frosty morning in the capital’s Bushy Park (John Walton/PA)
A horse grazes on Hothfield Common in frosty conditions near Ashford in Kent
A horse grazes on Hothfield Common in frosty conditions near Ashford in Kent (Gareth Fuller/PA)
A chiffchaff in Morden Hall Park in south London
A chiffchaff braces the chilly conditions in Morden Hall Park (Ben Whitley/PA)
Black-headed gulls, coots and moorhens stand on a frozen lake in Hampstead Heath, north London
Black-headed gulls, coots and moorhens stand on a frozen lake in Hampstead Heath, north London (James Manning/PA)
A dog wearing a pink coat being walked by its owner in Bushy Park in London
This dog was pretty in pink during a walk with its owner in Bushy Park (John Walton/PA)
Dogs playing in a frost covered Greenwich Park
These dogs kept warm by playing in a frost covered Greenwich Park (Yui Mok/PA)
People walk dogs through frost in Greenwich Park, south London
Dogs were out in force on Friday as owners took the opportunity for some exercise (Yui Mok/PA)
A dog with a ball in his mouth runs through a frost covered Morden Hall Park in south west London
A game of fetch kept this little doggy warm (Ben Whitley/PA)
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