Unicorns, crabs and dragons were amongst the creations made at this year’s Sculpture on the Beach.

Every year Bridport Arts Centre teams up with the National Trust to bring the sculpture competition to Hive Beach at Burton Bradstock.

Families, friends, children and adults are encouraged to get creative and build a masterpiece from pebbles, sand and any materials they can find on the beach.

Each masterpiece was then judged.

The winner was ‘Team Jurassic’, made up of Archie and Josh Wetherall, who created a dragon, followed by two teams who came in joint second - ‘Seahorse Stars’ Millie and Evie Webster with their seahorse and a unicorn created by Darcy Noble.

The runners-up were Daisy Matterface with her turtle and team ‘Moo Moo’ - Rebecca and Katharina Emerson - who created a crab. Also taking part was ‘LIS’, Lilah Watts, who created an abstract sculpture.

A spokesperson for Bridport Arts Centre said: “The Bridport Arts Centre 2019 Sculpture on the Beach at Hive beach, in conjunction with the National Trust 50 things to do before you’re 11 and three quarters, did not disappoint.

“From dragons to crabs, unicorns to abstract visions, the standard was high again this year.

“The young sculptures with their families beach-combed for natural objects to create spectacular displays.

“One common object happened to be washed-up dried silver whitebait, which was perfect to use for magical beasts.

“The winners and runners-up received a share of the prize money generated by the competition entry fee of £3 per family.”