A woman was rescued after she entered water on a Merseyside beach.
Teams from Southport Offshore Rescue Trust were called out on Thursday at 6.36pm after reports of a woman entering the water at Southport.
Rescuers on quads immediately scrambled to find the woman and began searching the beach, while other teams made their way to the launch site.
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A spokesperson for Southport Offshore Rescue Trust (Southport Lifeboat) said due to it being low tide, the quads had a large area of the beach to search.
However, after a few minutes the teams managed to locate the woman around 500 metres from the end of the pier.
They said she was walking through the channels, heading seaward.
After several minutes of negotiations, the woman was taken back to the shore and was taken to the lifeboat station where she was helped by police and ambulance.
A spokesperson for Southport Offshore Rescue Trust (Southport Lifeboat) said: "Our quads and D-Class lifeboat were requested for an immediate launch following reports of a despondent female entering the water at Southport.
"Our quads left the station and began searching the beach while the D-Class made way to its launch site.
"Because it was approaching low tide, the quads had a vast area of beach to search, but after a few minutes located the female some 500 metres from the end of the pier walking through the channels, heading seaward.
"After several minutes of negotiations, the casualty was taken back to the shore on board the D-Class, which had cancelled its launch to instead assist at the casualty’s location.
"The female was taken to the lifeboat station where she was assisted by police and ambulance personnel.
"Our units were stood down and were made ready for service once again."
