RNLI in rescue of stranded dolphins

Image source, RNLI Portree

Image caption, RNLI Portree's inshore lifeboat and crew assisted in Sunday's rescue of stranded dolphins

A lifeboat crew assisted in the rescue of a pod of dolphins after the animals became stranded near a beach on Skye.

RNLI Portree helped out volunteers from the coastguard and British Divers Marine Life Rescue in Sunday afternoon's operation.

Three of the short-beaked common dolphins - an adult and a calf - died.

The rest of the pod was able to make back to open water on a rising tide.