Emergency services at the scene. Photo: Gregor Richardson

A boy was taken to hospital in a serious condition after he was seen lying at the bottom of a cliff in Dunedin this afternoon.

A witness told the Otago Daily Times that he saw a young boy holding his hand near his head in pain at the bottom of the cliff in Shore St near Bayfield High school.

A Hato Hone St John spokesman said it responded with an ambulance at about 1.30pm.

One a patient was assessed at the scene and transported to Dunedin Hospital in a serious condition.