A man and woman who became trapped in mud on a riverbank were rescued during a late-night operation.
Emergency services were called out at around 9pm on Sunday after a man phoned 999 to say that he and a woman were stuck in the mud opposite Connah's Quay Docks.
After a search around the area of Tata Streel, the pair were spotted "some distance out sat on the edge of a grass embankment" close to the River Dee.
A coastguard spokesman said: "As darkness was setting in, four [officers] made their way towards the casualties whilst safely navigating overgrown grass embankments and hidden gutters and gullies.
"Once on scene with both it was established that the male had been stuck in the mud for up to a hour but had managed to self extricate and the female had become stuck for a short period of time before managing to free herself.
"However the male had a injury to his ankle."
The man was given first aid before officers from the Wirral Coastguard Rescue Team arrived to assist with rescuing the pair from the mud.
They added: "A rescue and extraction plan was put in place, and due to the dangerous terrain it was not a option to stretcher carry both back through the overgrown grass embankment with the darkness now set in.
"Flint RNLI requested to launch and it was agreed that two coastguard specialist mud rescue technicians take both casualties on the rescue sled back across the mud to the waters edge where Flint inshore lifeboat would rendezvous and assist in transporting both back across the river to Connah's Quay Docks.
"Once casualties landed safely, both mud technicians and equipment also transferred across by the lifeboat."
The pair were then handed over to the care of paramedics.
