A walker trapped up to his waist in mud has been rescued.

Aberglaslyn Mountain Rescue received a call to help the man yesterday (Friday) at 2.30pm, when he became trapped in a bog near to Tanygrisiau Reservoir.

"Initially falling up to his waist in mud and continuing to sink, the casualty quickly found himself unable to move and the rest of his party wisely decided to call for help," a spokesperson for the mountain rescue team said.

"The team deployed six members and two vehicles to the incident, who made good use of our water rescue sled to act as a platform to distribute the casualty and rescuers’ weight on the ground which was impossible to stand on. Whilst we were on route, the casualty had managed to free one leg but the other was firmly stuck in the mud.

"After a few seconds of digging, the casualty’s leg was sucessfully extracted without him coming to any harm."