Warning as team rescues families from tide

Bay Search and Rescue say it has been repeatedly called to Morecambe Bay

Warning signs have been put up in a bay after a rescue team received "dozens" of call-outs to the area.

Bay Search and Rescue (BSAR) said it and Arnside and South Lakes Coastguard Rescue Team had been repeatedly called out to Morecambe Bay after people became trapped on the sands.

The three signs have a scannable code to direct people to tide times.

On Saturday, the team was called to help two families cut off by the tides on the edge of Silverdale shore car park.

They had to walk waist-deep through a fast-filling gully, carrying children on their shoulders.

BSAR said it was contacted by an onlooker who, because of their elevated position, could see what was going to happen and dialled 999.

The rescue team says it has noticed people reading the signs and scanning the QR codes since they were put up

It said it had "been called out literally dozens of times to this very same area".

"In response to the increasing number of incidents and people coming to the area, BSAR have taken the step of trying to encourage visitors to stop and think about the tides before wandering out onto the sands," BSAR said in a social media post.

The rescue team hopes the signs will "catch people's attention" and prompt visitors to check tide times.

The signs tell people not to cross the gully onto the sands unless they know when the tide is due, and warn it can fill the area at least two hours before high water.