Here's something you don't see everyday - a fox in water.
What makes this even more remarkable however is the fact that this fox is swimming in the sea - off the coast at Burry Port in south west Wales.
Fox having a swim off Burry Port by Darren Harries
Darren Harries captured these amazing images and submitted them to our BBC Wales Nature Flickr group.
Fox swimming at Burry Port by Darren Harries
Foxes can swim, but will normally only take to the water when strictly necessary - either to escape danger or to seek out food e.g. swimming across a lake to reach nesting ducks and eggs on an island.
Fox enjoying the seas off Burry Port by Darren Harries
It's a mystery why this particular animal was swimming but perhaps it's developed a taste for the local shellfish or was trying to reach a spot where wading birds were feeding on the shore.
In 2010 a fox cub was rescued from the sea off the Sussex coast after people on a boat spotted it as they came into the harbour and notified wildlife experts.
