Irish boy blown away as David Attenborough writes to aspiring young wildlife photographer

David Attenborough's letter and signed photo to aspiring young wildlife photographer Kyle Skeffington. Picture: North West Newspix

A young Co Donegal schoolboy who dreams of being a wildlife photographer has been given a huge boost after his hero David Attenborough took the time to write to him.

Kyle Skeffington, a pupil at Scoil Íosagáin Primary School in Buncrana, wrote to the world's most famous wildlife filmmaker as part of a letter-writing project.