A seal, named after Sir David Attenborough, beats extreme neck injury from beach plastic.

A grey seal left with a deep infected wound caused by a plastic ring getting stuck around his neck has returned to the sea.

Rescued by volunteers from Horsey beach, Norfolk, in April, the adult male was taken to the RSPCA wildlife hospital at East Winch, near King's Lynn.

The seal was nicknamed Sir David in honour of the wildlife broadcaster Sir David Attenborough and the focus his BBC series Blue Planet II gave to the environmental damage caused by plastic pollution.

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