Lifeboat called to investigate empty canoe on Beauly Firth

Rescuers have been called to the Beauly Firth following reports of an empty canoe in the waters.

The Kessock inshore lifeboat and a coastguard rescue team from Inverness have been called to investigate the find near Inverness.

Aberdeen Coastguard – which is coordinating the search efforts – said it had been informed just after 4.30pm.

A spokesman for the coastguard said: “We have tasked a lifeboat at North Kessock, Inverness, to investigate a report of a canoe on the Beauly Firth.”