PIGS may not be able to fly, but they have been spotted by a bemused dog-walker trotting through the woods.

Tom Mackay, 60, of Toys Hill, was walking his dog Feebee on April 15 at about 6.30am, when he came across two wild boar in the wood close to his home.

"They were dark brown, leaner and had longer legs than I might expect," he explained.

"They had snouts but I did not see any tusks – though they did not look like deer nor dogs."

Mr Mackay described how the pigs crossed the path about 40 yards ahead of him but ran away after spotting Feebee.

"I have walked the woods for almost 20 years and although I have seen several deer and even a streaker, I have not seen pigs before," he said.

"It was actually quite fun. I half expected Henry VIII to come bounding out of the woods with a lance, ready to spear one of them.

"They weren't your modern pigs, they looked like quite an old-fashioned breed."