Volunteers rescued an exhausted seal cub from Rossall Beach in Lancashire in the UK.

The local couple, who had only recently completed a course in how to rescue stranded seals, were deployed by the RSPCA after reports of a young seal on the beach.

They tried to encourage the marine mammal back into the sea but with high winds and powerful waves still battering the Fylde Coast, the seal was too exhausted to make its way out to the open sea.

The volunteers then caught the animal in a towel, covered its eyes and kept it calm until the RSPCA arrived.

The RSPCA took the seal to Sea Life Centre at Blackpool to rest and feed overnight, before taking him back to Walney to be released back into the Irish Sea.

A beautiful baby seal came to visit Rossall Beach ,Cleveleys in Lancashire, and was looked after by a local couple, trained in what to do with beached seals.
The baby seal came onto the beach, and being very small and vulnerable to the many passing dogs that walk on this beach, people tried to encourage it back into the safety of the water.
Not keen to swim off, and probably tired from the quite rough waves, he paddled back onto the shore again.
Had he arrived on a quieter stretch of beach he could have had a rest and gathered his composure before swimming off. But no bigger than the size of a small dog, a small seal sitting on the beach spelled trouble, and he was gathering quite a crowd to look at his beautiful little face.
The RSPCA were called and they deployed a couple from nearby Anchorsholme, who had only recently completed a course in how to rescue and deal with stranded seals.
They arrived on the beach and caught him in a towel and covered his eyes and kept him calm until the RSPCA arrived.
The RSPCA took the seal to Sea Life Centre at Blackpool to rest and feed overnight, before taking him back to Walney to be released back into the Irish Sea.