A kayaker was rescued near Portessie and airlifted to hospital. Picture by Jason Hedges.
A man who was kayaking near Portessie in Buckie has been taken to hospital by coastguards.
Aberdeen coastguards received a call of a kayaker in distress at around 12.15pm on Saturday.
They sent Coastguard teams from Buckie with Macduff and Portsoy coastguards to assist. Buckie lifeboat and the 151 Rescue helicopter was also called to help.
Buckie lifeboat arrived first on the scene followed by the 151 Rescue helicopter.
The man was then airlifted to hospital.
It is not clear how the incident occurred.
Man airlifted to hospital after kayaking incident near Buckie
