Wallaby spotted hopping along roadside

The wallaby was spotted on Brighton Road, Lower Beeding, West Sussex on Sunday evening

A wallaby has been spotted hopping along the roadside of a West Sussex village.

Police received a report of a "kangaroo" on Brighton Road in Lower Beeding, near Horsham, on Sunday evening.

Nearby Leonardslee Lakes & Gardens - which has had a colony of wallabies for more than 100 years - could not confirm where the animal came from but did not believe it was from their site.

They said there have been occasional sightings of wild wallabies in the area and they may have escaped from the gardens "at some point".

Sussex Police said officers did not attend after being advised that the animal "had made off into a field".

Leonardslee said they were "very pleased" that the wallaby was uninjured.

Wallabies are native to Australia and not often found outside zoos or private collections in the UK.

Members of the public trying to guide the animal away from the A281 and to safety