Shards of 'sea-ice' wash up along Sefton beach

Shards of so-called sea-ice have washed up on the shore at a beach on Merseyside.

Green Sefton said the formation on Ainsdale beach, Sefton, amid the increasingly icy conditions, was a "spectacular" view.

Sea-ice can form on the surface of calm water when temperatures reach freezing point, the Local Democracy Reporting Service said.

Any turbulence can then quickly break up the ice.

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