A 58-year-old fisherman has been airlifted to hospital after a rescue operation near an Angus beauty spot.
Emergency services including coastguard and lifeboat crews were called to an area north of Lunan Bay shortly before 2pm on Wednesday.
The man had a suspected broken ankle after getting into trouble on rocks while fishing.
A spokesperson for HM Coastguard said: “At around 1.50pm, HM Coastguard received reports of a casualty with an ankle injury at Black Craig in Montrose.
“Two lifeboats from Montrose were called to the scene, alongside coastguard rescue teams from Montrose and Stonehaven.
“Coastguards located the casualty and extracted them via stretcher to an air ambulance that had arrived on scene nearby.”
Man suffered suspected broken ankle after fall on rocks near Lunan Bay
A statement from Montrose RNLI said: “Both boats were requested to launch by HM Coastguard to reports of a 58-year-old male casualty who had been washed off rocks while fishing just south of Usan.
“The casualty, with a suspected broken ankle, made it ashore to rocks.
“A local man had dialled 999 and asked for the coastguard when he saw the incident.
“Both boats quickly made it to scene, where members of Montrose coastguard, Scottish Ambulance Service, air ambulance and Police Scotland were also in attendance.
“As the rocks where the casualty was located were challenging to access, two members of our inshore lifeboat crew were put ashore and assisted with extracting the casualty on a stretcher to the helicopter location and into the care of air ambulance personnel, with the casualty then airlifted to hospital.
“Both lifeboats were stood down by HM Coastguard at 3.50pm, returned to station and were made ready for service.”
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