A lucky cocker spaniel dog was saved by a lifeboat crew after becoming stuck at the foot of a cliff in Shetland.
The RNLI Aith Lifeboat, the Charles Lidbury, was called out on Saturday evening after the alarm was raised about the stricken dog, called Blue.
The Y-Class lifeboat rushed to the scene near the Muckle Roe Lighthouse on the west coast of the island after the call was made at 8.22pm.
With some help from the dog’s owners, the crew managed to locate him at the bottom of the cliffs.
The lifeboat slowly approached the spaniel and then crew member Graham Johnston reached over and recovered him into the lifeboat.
They then headed to a nearby beach at Muckle Roe, where his owners, and the Hillswick Coastguard team, were waiting to get Blue onto dry land.
Volunteer crew member Nick McCaffrey said: “The dog was lovely and just wanted to rest.”
He added that Blue seemed none the worse for his mishap and, after reuniting him with his owners, the crew returned to Aith lifeboat station.
The RNLI charity’s volunteers provide a 24-hour search and rescue service around the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland coasts.
It operates over 230 lifeboat stations and has more than 100 lifeguard units on beaches around the UK.
The RNLI is independent of Coastguard and government and depends on voluntary donations and legacies to maintain its rescue service.