A man had to be rescued by a helicopter after becoming trapped in the mud and left unable to move his ankles.
HM Coastguard were called out to the incident in Kidwelly Quay, in Carmarthenshire, at 3.27pm on Saturday after the man was unable to free himself from mud flats near the Gwendraeth River .
Team from Burry Port and and Llansteffan were tasked with carrying out the rescue but the person was too far inland, around 400m, to be reached by the crews.
