A man has been rescued from a Scottish loch in the early hours of this morning.
The Loch Lomond rescue boat was called out to Inchcailloch island, one of the small islands in the loch, just after midnight on Sunday.
When they arrived they found a ‘barely conscious’ man in the water and rescued him, as well as three other men on the island.
Rescuers could hear their cries for help as they approached the small island.
A spokesperson for the rescue boat service said: ‘Loch Lomond Rescue Boat (LLRB) was paged by Police Scotland at 12.01am for a multi-agency response after a report of a person in the water in the area near to Balmaha.
‘A crew responded and launched swiftly, and, once at the reported location, immediately began a search of the area.
‘Shortly afterwards, calls for help were heard coming from Inchcailloch island and from the water.
‘Utilising all our search equipment we located and recovered one barely conscious male from the water into the boat and immediately began casualty care whilst returning to Balmaha pier, and after a short time the casualty was handed to the Scottish Ambulance Service for further care.
‘LLRB then attended Inchcailloch island to collect three other persons and return them to the mainland, all of whom were safe and well.
‘Thanks to our colleagues also in attendance, HM Coastguard Rescue Helicopter R199, Police Scotland, Scottish Fire & Rescue Service and Scottish Ambulance Service.’
The Loch Lomond Rescue Boat is an independent volunteer-run lifeboat service founded in 1977.
It attends around 100 call-outs each year, and this most recent sailing is only its second rescue of 2025.
Loch Lomond is 22.6miles long and between 0.5-5miles wide. It is the second largest lake in Great Britain by water volume, with Loch Ness in first place.
The loch contains many islands, including Inchmurrin, the largest fresh-water island in the British Isles.
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