Mystery of the walrus spotted on rocks on the Welsh coast

Experts have different theories as to how the cow-sized Arctic animal ended up so far south

It could have been the incongruity of the walrus turning up on the Welsh coast. Or perhaps it was the discovery that the creature appeared to be on something of a tour of the British and Irish Isles while the human population remained in lockdown, their own chances of a foreign getaway shrinking daily. Maybe it was simply a sense of connection: the lost, lumbering beast a reflection of a nation at sea amid the waves of Covid.

Whatever the reason, the juvenile Atlantic walrus spotted off the Pembrokeshire coast has become something of a celebrity, with some suggesting it should be called Wally".