23-03-2025
Multiple 999 calls made after three people spotted cockling
Three people had to be rescued this afternoon (Sunday, March 23) after being cut off by rising tide. Wirral Coastguard Rescue Team and RNLI Hoylake Lifeboat Station responded to multiple 999 calls about people stranded by the incoming tide near Leasowe Lighthouse.
Upon arrival, Coastguard Rescue Officers found the individuals trapped on a sandbank, unaware they had been cut off by the rising tide. The coastguard say that they appeared to be cockling.
Coastguards used sirens and the PA system in an attempt to communicate with them. Hoylake Hovercraft safely rescued all three and brought them ashore, where Merseyside Police dealt with the individuals, as the cockle beds are closed.
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The cockles were returned to the water.
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