EAGLE, the new donkey at a popular town museum, was flying high when he posed with museum director Dr Simon Penn.

Sam, the donkey who lived at the Avoncroft Museum of Historical Buildings at Stoke Heath, sadly died earlier this year and Eagle is his new replacement. He arrived in May and has been getting used to his new mate Coco.

Museum spokeswoman Sue Hadley said: "Eagle is a little bit camera shy so it's taken us a while to convince him to have his picture taken. He loves children and loves to be petted by people."