Objectors’ warnings proved true as St Cyrus illegal Travellers’ site hit by flooding

The site of an illegal Travellers’ encampment on the Angus-Aberdeenshire border has been hit by major flooding.

Days of heavy rain left the entrance to the controversial North Esk Park submerged under feet of water as residents warned would happen when the Travellers moved in four months ago.

The St Cyrus site remains the subject of ongoing court action as Aberdeenshire Council attempts to halt the development.

Other parts of the road leading to the St Cyrus Nature Reserve have also been badly flooded by the recent stormy weather.