A badger has been spotted trying to cross a flooded road in Dorset.

It was captured on camera by fire crews attending an incident on Slyers Lane in the Cokers Frome area of Dorchester.

They were called at 12:04 GMT following reports that two vehicles were stuck in floodwater. While there, they spotted the animal swimming across the road.

The Dorset & Wiltshire Fire Service is warning people to only travel if necessary, and not to drive through flood water, which “sometimes can be deeper than you think”.