An eight-year-old Aberdeenshire boy, inspired by Blue Planet, is cleaning up Scottish shores.

Thomas Truby started his own litter-collecting club after seeing how plastic was affecting the lives of turtles on the BBC series.

He regularly heads out with friends to clean up the streets of his home village of Torphins, and has spent hours picking up litter at Aberdeen beach.

The shores are so messy that he has had to organise a pick-up with his "rubbish group" on a Friday morning.

Thomas, who wants to be a marine biologist, has even banned a number of wasteful, non-recyclable products from his family home.

He said environmentalist David Attenborough was responsible for opening his eyes to the problem.

"I was watching Blue Planet and I like turtles quite a lot and I saw them floating around in the sea," he said.

"I look for cigarette butts, plastic bags, bottles and sweetie wrappers."

Thomas takes a small trolley out with him whenever he is picking up litter and is often out for hours on end.

He also wrote to a local coffee shop to convince them to stop using plastic straws, which have since been switched out for a eco-friendly alternative.

Proud mum Gayl, 45, is delighted with the difference her son is making at such a young age.

She said: "He takes a little trolley and some litter pickers his auntie gave him for his birthday - he was really chuffed to get those.

"We're proud of him for doing this, it's nice to see he's thinking about the future.

"We use plastic tubs or paper bags for lunchtime now, as he doesn't like cling film."