People visiting Scotland's beaches are being urged not to take stones and sand home and to leave with only "pictures and memories".
Angus Council reminded people that, even though it might not be a common-known fact, taking keepsakes is actually "against the law".
The post on their official Facebook page read: "When someone happens across a beautiful wave-worn pebble, a full understanding of the Coast Protection Act 1949 isn’t really uppermost in their mind as they slip the wondrous wee stone into their pocket.
