`The body was found at Fowlsheugh. Photo: Stanley Howe CC-BY-SA-2.0

Police searching for missing hillwalker and ornithologist Euan Wright have found a man’s body.

Officers made the discovery about 2.15pm today near Stonehaven in Aberdeenshire.

The body was found on the coastline of the Fowlsheugh nature reserve at Crawton.

A spokesperson for Tayside Police, who earlier today appealed for sightings of Dundonian Mr Wright, said: “The man has not been formally identified and enquiries into the full set of circumstances are continuing.

“As with all sudden deaths, a report will be submitted to the procurator fiscal in due course.”

Euan Wright was reported missing after failing to return home

The man’s body was flown by helicopter to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary.

A search was launched for Mr Wright, a keen hillwalker and ornithologist, after he failed to return home and having last been seen on Saturday afternoon.