Two walkers had to be rescued from sandbanks in the Kyle of Durness today, as the Durness coast rescue team were called to the incident.
A Coastguard spokeswoman confirmed a call had been received at 1.02pm.
The walkers were found to be safe and well and were offered advice from the team on scene.
Melness and Kinlochbervie coast rescue teams were also paged to the incident but were stood down en route. The incident concluded shortly after 1.30pm.