Wallabies are native to Australia but small wild populations descended from escapers exist in the UK
At first glance Steven Ellis thought the small creature in the distance was a deer, but he soon realised he was witnessing something far more unusual.
Ellis was near the village of Ilketshall St Andrew in Suffolk when he took out his camera and took a photograph of the animal, which turned out to be a wallaby.
“We’ve got quite a few deer around, so I thought I must be mistaken,” he said. “But then I thought it was a kangaroo. I don’t think they’re far off. I stood there thinking: ‘Who do I ring to tell them?’ But I thought no one was going to believe me.”
Wallabies are native to Australia but small wild populations descended from escapers do exist in the UK and sightings have become more common, especially in the Isle of Man.
