A Great White shark is believed to have been spotted by a holidaymaker off the Cornish coast. (SW England)

Richard Fletcher, from South Yorkshire, filmed a shark breaching in the water near a pod of dolphins about 200 yards (182m) from Porthmeor Beach, St Ives.

Cornish shark conservationist Richard Peirce, who saw the footage, said the possibility it was a Great White could not be ruled out.

But coastguards have dismissed the claims as "scare-mongering".

The footage shows an 8ft-long shark breaching almost three-quarters in the water in the vicinity of a pod of dolphins.

When Mr Fletcher returned home to Rotherham he spotted the shark among the dolphins he was videoing.

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Oh great! Not that I actually wanted to go swimming in the waters around the UK, but now it sort of reinforces how the tidal flows are warming up the waters further north.

The average length of a full-grown great white shark is 4 to 4.8 metres (13.3 to 15.8 ft), with a weight of 680 to 1,100 kilograms (1,500 to 2,450 lbs), females generally being larger than males.

Three collecting areas for these fish are Australia, Western US and the Mediterranean.

So it seems this wanderer took a right out of the Med and headed for the monkeys on the island!!!

oh-------i thought you were speaking of a bsnd---