Wally the walrus continues to attract wildlife watchers to Tenby, but the Arctic visitor clearly hasn’t been watching his weight, as many have commented on how healthy and well fed he is looking since arriving in Pembrokeshire two months ago.

Welsh Marine Life Rescue volunteer Amy Compton who has been monitoring Wally since he popped up in Pembs remarked: “It has been such an incredible experience so far, what an amazing difference now to what he was then!”

Wally is believed to have arrived from the Arctic on an ice floe, and was initially seen off County Kerry earlier in March, before he ended up on the Welsh coast.

Now most days since arriving in Tenby on March 27, he can be spotted relaxing on the RNLI?lifeboat station slipway, or splashing around in the sea around Castle Hill.

Terry Leadbetter, founder of Welsh Marine Life Rescue, told presenter of ITV’s Coast and Country programme Ruth Dodsworth, that although it had been a strange year already with the pandemic, nobody expected a wild mammal such as a walrus to make it’s home in Tenby.

“It doesn’t happen, it’s never happened and it probably won’t happen again, and it’s the only one in probably the whole of Europe, this walrus!” said Terry.

“In a funny sort of way he’s quite cute really, he’s got this great big head on him, and these great big tusks sticking down

“When we first saw him, he probably weighed about I should say 400 kilos, but since he’s been down here, I would estimate he’s in excess of 600 kilos.

“His main menu is molluscs and there are razor clam beds around here, masses of them apparently.

“It’s a spectacular sight, seeing an animal as rare as this down here. We’ve got wide open spaces around here, we’ve got good air, and wonderful scenery.

“The most beautiful beaches and the most fantastic wildlife...but if someone had told me we were going to get a walrus in Tenby in March!” added Terry.