An explosive shell left over from D-Day landing rehearsals has been blown up on a Scottish beach.

The munition was discovered during a survey of Nairn Beach by the local coastguard team on Wednesday.

They alerted the Royal Navy and a team from HMNB Clyde destroyed the rusted 73-year-old shell the next day.

It was used during rehearsals for the D-Day landings which took place on beaches around Nairn, Inverness and Burghead in 1943.

It is not the only relic of the Second World War in the area - a tank lost overboard during the same operation now sits at the bottom of Burghead Bay.

Two mortar bombs also dating back to the D-Day preparations were discovered on Nairn's East Beach in 2012.

A spokesman for Nairn Coastguard said: "If you find anything your not sure off on the beach call 999 and ask for the coastguard."