Pictures show a possible wild boar in Lyndon Woods near Rutland Water

Reader Tom Stephenson has sent these photos of what he believes to be a wild boar rambling through Lyndon Woods, near Rutland Water.

Tom, a former Royal Marine who now lives in the West Country, was back visiting his parents when he spotted the animal.

He said: "I was very surprised to see the animal in Rutland."

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