AN eerie 'skull' has appeared on a cliff-face in Dorset.

The image was spotted by Amanda Thompson while she was walking along Swanage Beach.

She said: "The image is on the cliff on Swanage beach at its most northern point by the local cairn.

"I enjoy this walk and generally looking at the rock formations and colours as they are ever-changing and it was when I was looking upwards yesterday it noticed it and think it is new."

It appears that the image has been formed by patches of vegetation growing on the rockface.

Amanda, from Swanage, added: "I leave the interpretation of the image to each individual to make.

"It doesn’t have to be sinister and is a piece of art but created by nature in this case coastal erosion and vegetation….

 "It is ironic that it has appeared by a local cairn but a pure coincidence."