Storm Katie prompted many calls around the coastline for the UK Coastguard.

On Monday morning, a resident of St Audries Bay Holiday Camp spotted what appeared at first to be a World War Two sea mine floating in St Audries Bay and heading ashore.

The Watchet Coastguard Search and Rescue team was informed of the suspicious item, which was being inland pushed by the North Westerly wind and incoming tide.

It was washed to shore further along the beach and the coastguard observed it from a distance observed it until the tide had turned, allowing the team to reach it safely.

Once they were able to get a closer view, they saw through binoculars that the item was non-explosive and was in fact a Channel Observatory wave buoy.

Normally, it would be anchored in deep water around the coastline where wave height and other measurements are recorded and then relayed to shore for analysis.

With Storm Katie still making the sea conditions unfavourable, the wave buoy was secured and brought ashore to prevent further calls or a navigational hazard to vessels in the Bristol Channel.