A dog walker got an early morning surprise after spotting an exotic animal bouncing around a local field in the Mendip Hills. Ant Lyons was heading towards Beacon Batch at around 7am today (June 7) when he spotted what appears to be a wallaby on Blackdown.
Ant shared the discovery with Bristol Live in the hope of finding where the animal - which usually calls Australia home - has escaped from. He said it "bounded straight past" him after he put his dogs on their leads.
At first he thought it was a kangaroo but, as he inched closer, it became clear that it was a wallaby. Ant said he was around 30ft from the animal when he took the picture of it.
