A washed-up swordfish has amazed walkers on Ayr beach.
The carcass was beached right opposite the kids’ playpark on the seafront.
This rare beauty from the deep has a three-foot long bill, which it uses to slash prey.
It was discovered by Ewan Robertson while he was out walking with his retriever Molly.
Much of the body of the fish was missing.
Ewan revealed: “Molly was rolling in it of course - a first for her and me.
“It was extraordinary to see and could only be one thing.
“I was so surprised to see it in our waters.
“It is incredible too see such a size of fish with a spine that big.”
Ewan reckons global warming may attract more to Scottish waters.
One has been seen swimming off Portobello and another further north off Angus.
The species spans the Pacific, Atlantic and Mediterranean.
But it is the Pacific where you get the big guys, 15 feet long and 1,400 lbs.
The one on Ayr beach looks like a fully grown adult from the Atlantic, which have a maximum weight of about 700lbs.
Ewan added: “They are certainly not native to our shores, though we have no way of telling how far away from Ayr this would have been washed in from.”
