LOCALS have nicknamed them the "marshmallow Martians".

These massive pinks blobs that suddenly appeared on a farm near Wallingford are in fact hay bales, wrapped in pink plastic instead of traditional black by a farming family who want to raise awareness over cancer.

And now they can be seen for miles around.

David Passmore, who runs May's Farm in Ewelme, created the unusual sight to surprise his pink-mad daughters and, when it started to create a stir in the countryside, decided to raise money for the charity Breast Cancer Now.

His wife Lucy said the second generation farmer had created the silage bales for Milly, aged five, and Bella, three, who were "very, very excited" when the field was revealed to them.

Mrs Passmore said: "Initially we didn't intend for it to be such a big deal. My husband wanted to surprise the girls, who wanted them to look pretty and are pink mad. They are always on to him to get a pink tractor.

"I brought them back from school and they loved it and couldn't quite believe that instead of the usual black we had pick bales in the field.

"Then it started to get a bit crazy and we started getting phone calls about it and someone suggested we should get a Just Giving page but I didn't believe anyone would want to donate.

"I started it at £100 pounds and that was met quite quickly so have kept raising the target amount. It is great that something like this has turned into fundraising."

Sponsor the Passmores online at justgiving.com/fundraising/Mays-Farm.