A hungry seal who chomped his way through a lake of fish has sadly died after a failed capture attempt.
The grey seal, named Nelson, arrived in Marks Hall Fisheries in Rochford, Essex in December after swimming up the nearby River Road and then refused to leave.
The four-foot-long mammal was seen happily eating his way through the lake's £4,000 worth of stock of carp, catfish and bream over the last few weeks.
