A sports watch lost by a swimmer in Tenby has been found 150 miles away in an Irish town by an environmental sand artist - after it embarked on an epic 3 week solo voyage!

Martina Morgan, originally from South Africa, was swimming with friends in Tenby in early April when she noticed her Garmin watch, secured to a flotation device, had come loose.

To her surprise, three weeks later she received a call from Sean Corcoran, who had discovered the watch attached to an inflated buoyancy aid on a remote part of the shore on the Copper Coast in Waterford, Ireland on April 26.

Martina told BBC Wales that it was a Christmas present from her husband Ed, so she was pretty annoyed, but just had to wave goodbye to it.

The couple did not expect to see the watch again, but received a call from an Irish number three weeks after it was lost.

Mr Corcoran who discovered it, said he had to climb down a cliff to reach the beach where he spotted it.

"When I got it home I pressed a button on the watch and the recharge symbol came up so I knew it worked,” he explained.

The sand artist asked for help in finding the owner via the ‘I am Waterford’ Facebook page, with hundreds online saying it was a UK number, and it took just 20 minutes to make contact with the couple.

He later shared on Facebook: “Really thrilled to have located the owner of this Garmin watch that drifted 300km across the Celtic Sea attached to their swimming buoy!

“Today I was able to get in contact with Martina and her husband Ed and the watch will be making the return journey in an envelope this time! Thanks to everyone on social media for sharing.”