A kind-hearted pensioner has helped more than 3000 hedgehogs after setting up a sanctuary in Fife.

Sandy Boyd, 79, has voluntarily run The Wormit Hedgehog Sanctuary from a small building for 23 years.

He pays for the facility's costs with money from his own pension and generous donations from members of the public.

Usually the hedgehogs are brought to Mr Boyd and his wife Alice by locals because they are ill or injured.

But during the winter months, many of the spiky mammals have been seriously underweight.

Mr Boyd said: "They're usually found during the day, but sometimes they're brought in during the night too, because they're really small and it's winter.

"Although we do also get some in during the summer times, but that's usually that it's a nest and something has happened to the mother."

Currently Mr and Mrs Boyd have 25 hedgehogs in their care, which are watched over by a new CCTV system.

The two most recent admissions were found in Alyth and Friockheim in freezing temperatures, dangerously underweight.

Mr Boyd explained: "To get through a normal winter, a hedgehog will need to be around 650 grams."

The two most recent hedgehogs were just around half that weight.

"You can help look out for them", Mr Boyd added, "Leave out a dish of water and some meaty cat food."

Mr Boyd said he has no intention of giving up any time soon - not while injured and sick hedgehogs are still brought to him.