Seahorse found in woman's garden

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A woman in Dorset was stunned when she found a seahorse in her garden - despite being three miles inland.

Karen Warr scooped up the tiny sea creature with a fish slice and put it in water after spotting it on her path at her home in Chickerell, Weymouth.

Staff at the town's Sea Life Centre think the seahorse, who has been named Pegasus, was dropped by a seagull.

Pegasus is doing well and will be introduced into the centre's breeding program and released into the wild.

Mrs Warr said: "I screamed to my son 'there's a seahorse outside'.

'Strange occurrence'

"He said 'what are you on mother?'.

"I picked it up, put it in some water and phoned the centre.

"They didn't really believe me. I was so surprised to find it."

Staff at the Sea Life Centre said seahorses can only survive outside of the water for a very short period of time and have very delicate skin.

Glenn Porter, from the centre, said: "Really we are more used to rescuing turtles and seals, let alone seahorses from back gardens.

"We are assuming it was in shallow water, a seagull came along and picked it up, then maybe other seagulls chased it inshore and it dropped it.

"It is still quite a strange occurrence."