There have been a number of bizarre and strange things that have washed up on beaches around Dorset throughout the years- and some that have given both locals and tourists a cause for concerns.

The arrival of so many piggy banks on our shores is another reminder of how marine debris knows no borders, Jace Tunnell writes.

But lately, a new plastic oddity has been showing up in surprising numbers: piggy banks, also known as sea pigs. This past week alone, I found nine plastic piggy banks in a 20-mile stretch of beach.