Overview
- Bay Search and Rescue diverted to Silverdale on Saturday morning and found the casualty lying on his back with only his chest, head, one arm and part of one leg visible.
- Crews deployed two Inflatable Rescue Air Pathways, positioning one behind to halt further sinking and one in front to create a stable route for extraction, while relaying the exact location to Holyhead MRCC.
- The man showed signs of hypothermia, was moved into the team's Sherp off‑road vehicle for rewarming, wrapped in foil blankets, and taken to a nearby café for handover to North West Ambulance Service.
- Rescuers said the gulley began to fill with seawater as they left, underscoring how narrowly the operation beat the incoming tide.
- Wales Online reported coordination with Arnside & South Lakes Coastguard and both Cumbria and Lancashire fire services, as the team reiterated earlier warnings of increased quicksand patches this year.