A dramatic cliff collapse at a beach popular with a walkers was captured on video up close by a passing kayaker.

Tonnes of rock fell in a landslide at Golden Cap cliff in Dorset this afternoon (22).

Jamie Reed, 50, was out on his kayak at lunchtime when he heard an "almighty thud" and saw plumes of dust rising, followed by a landslide, with portions of the cliff breaking off and falling onto the beach below."

Jamie, from in Keighley, West Yorkshire, but currently caravanning around England, filmed the shocking scene.

The window fitter said: "I was fishing and I just heard this almighty thud, like an explosion."

"All you could see was this massive dust cloud where the land had slid and hit the beach."

"I was just like 'oh my gosh' - I could see it falling."

"The rocks just kept coming and coming, four or five times after the first."

"I brought my rods in, and headed there as quickly as possible."

"I was scouting the beach from the edge of the water to make sure people weren't about."

"I saw the RNLI came flying out and they asked if I had seen anyone on the beach - which I didn't."

"They asked if I could go and tell some blokes fishing on the rocks to move to a safe distance, which I did."

A spokesperson for the Marine Coastguard Agency (MCGA) said: "Lyme Regis and West Bay Coastguard Rescue Teams and the RNLI's inshore lifeboat from Lyme Regis were sent to a report made at about 12.50pm on 22 August of a landslide at Golden Cap, Dorset."

"It was confirmed there was no one in distress and the local land manager was informed."