IN the early hours of Sunday morning (September 4), a missing person search came to an end in Burnham-on-Sea.

Rescue crews from Burnham-on-Sea RNLI, Burnham Coastguard, Milford Haven Coastguard and Avon & Somerset Police found the person off Brean beach.

The Burnham-on-Sea RNLI volunteers were paged by Swansea Coastguard at 15 minutes past midnight to assist with the missing person search off Brean beach.

Both RNLI lifeboats were launched at around 00.30 am and our volunteer crews, having not long left their beds, proceeded to carry out shoreline searches, aided by night sight, thermal imaging and flares.

Nathan Meager, on his first shout as an Atlantic 85 helm said: "Both boats launched to conduct a shore line search for a missing person.

"The crew of D class lifeboat Burnham Reach searched from Burnham jetty towards Brean Down, while the crew of the Atlantic lifeboat, Doris Day and Brian, searched just North of Berrow church to Brean Down.

"Our night sight, thermal image camera and flares were all used in the search."

"A good result as we were eventually stood down by Milford Haven Coastguard control when the person was found and in the hands of Burnham-on-sea coastguards and Police.

"We returned to Burnham jetty for recovery at 1.30 am by our shore crew. I got home about 0230, after wash-down and preparation for the next launch, which could happen at any time."