A toddler was found walking alone down a Wirral street prompting a large police response.
The tot was spotted on Mallaby Street in Birkenhead just after 8pm on Sunday night (April 22).
On social media people in the area said they heard lots of sirens in the area and a few people said they believed the child was a one-year-old boy.
At least four police vehicles were seen on Mallaby Street around 8.30pm.
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It's believed the youngster had wandered away from his parents but was eventually returned home later that night.
A spokesperson for Merseyside Police told the ECHO : "We were called to reports that a child has been found alone in Mallaby Street, Birkenhead last night (Sunday, 22 April) at around 8.10pm. Officers attended and the child was returned home safe and well a short time later."
It is not the first time a child has been found alone on the streets.
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In February a mum and dad were prosecuted for letting their 18 month-old-child wander barefoot down a street in Everton while his mum was "off her head on drugs" and had left home to "score a deal."
The toddler was walking along the pavement wearing just a T-shirt and a nappy before taxi driver Billy Dodd found him
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The parents, who cannot be named for legal reasons, both avoided jail in February after they admitted a charge of child neglect on St Domingo Grove, at 10.30pm on August 2, 2018.
