A lost baby seal is being cared for in Sussex.

It is thought the seal got separated from its mother in recent bad weather and travelled up the River Rother, which meets the English Channel at Rye.

The RSPCA is now caring for the seal, which is less than a year old, at Mallydams Wood Wildlife Centre near Hastings.

Keeper Elaine Crouch said: “This one is a really good weight, and not starving but has been completely lost," she said.

"She has a tag from Belgium, probably put on by the rehabilitation centre at Ostend, then she got into the River Rother and ended up in the stream."

The seal was found in Kent, 18 miles from the sea, in back garden of a family home on Monday.