THIS amazing picture shows thousands of dead starfish found along a Kent coastline.

Tony Flashman from Kingsdown, near Deal, captured the startling scene at Sandwich Bay.

He said: "The dead starfish stretched as far as you could see in both directions."

The Environment Agency explained the starfish probably ran out of mussels on the seabed so took risks to go into shallow water to search for food.

The agency ruled out any link to climate change or pollution and said the bodies would probably be eaten by seagulls.