A one-year-old boy from Hampshire drowned while on a fishing trip with his family, a coroner has concluded. 

Melvin Gurung was just one when he went on a day-long fishing trip to Manningford Trout Fishery near Pewsey, in Wilthshire. 

His cause of death was determined as drowning during an inquest on October 13 at Wiltshire Coroner’s Court in Salisbury.

The court heard that Melvin had travelled to the fishery with his parents and two uncles by car from their home in Farnborough on November 14, 2021, 10 days before Melvin's second birthday.

Melvin spent the day playing with his mum or one of his uncles as the rest took turns fishing at the lake.

"This was a trip that the family had done several times in the past," area coroner Ian Singleton said in court.

One worker at the fishing site said Melvin was 'running around playing' during the afternoon and was a 'happy little boy'.

At around 4pm he was playing with his uncle Amrik Gurung as Melvin's parents went fishing and his other uncle, Nayan, went to have a nap in the car.

They were playing outside when Amrik had to use the toilet.

He told the almost two-year-old to stay where he was playing as he went to the toilet.

He said that when he came back, about one minute later, Melvin was gone.

He went towards where they had parked their car to see if he was there, but without any luck. 

He woke Nayan up, who helped search for Melvin. 

The police were called to help them search, and they arrived at 4.28pm.

Two officers went to look for him by the lake.

Officer Homer said they were calling for Melvin when he suddenly heard officer Barrett scream 'no, no' before running into the lake.

He told the coroner's court that he had seen something red with white dots in the lake, which later turned out to be a welly boot.

Melvin's body was found around 3-4 inches under the water and was partially covered by weeds.

Melvin's uncle Nayan Gurung was present when Officer Barrett pulled Melvin from the water.

Officers quickly called for an ambulance and started CPR.

A volunteer first responder was the first one at the scene and he'd brought a defibrillator.

A few minutes later, more officers and paramedics arrived.

Melvin was brought into the ambulance to protect him from the cold and to get his body temperature up.

As his wet clothes and nappy was taken off, paramedics confirmed that there were no suspicious bruises or injuries on his body.

He was flown to Salisbury Hospital where resuscitation attempts continued.

He was pronounced dead at 6.38pm, about an hour after arriving at the hospital.

Detective Sergeant Sarah Mundy, arrived at the hospital at 7.57pm.

After speaking with doctors, she found no reason to believe that the death was anything but accidental.

Coroner Mr Singleton ruled the cause of death as inhalation of water (drowning) and that it was accidental.

"I'm very sorry for your loss," Mr Singleton told the family.