Three missing walkers and their dogs have been rescued after getting lost on hills.

Rescue teams were called to the Glenshee Hills in Aberdeenshire along with a helicopter during the operation in Cairngorms National Park.

The alarm was raised shortly after 8pm on Thursday and the group were found in the early hours of Friday.

Despite low cloud and high winds hampering the work, the teams made their way off the hill at around 3.30am.

A Police Scotland spokeswoman said: "We received a call at about 8.10pm on Thursday to three adults who had lost their way.

"Mountain rescue was contacted and they were walked back down the hill."