We’re
holding a Beach Watch survey and litter pick at Blackhall Rocks on Saturday 15
September. We’re trying to encourage people to come along and I wondered
if you would like to come along, share this information with anyone you think
might be interested or print out the poster and display it?
The
event is led by the Council’s Countryside Service and Natural England and is
part of the national BeachWatch Big Weekend campaign, led by the Marine
Conservation Society. Beach Watch events are being held across the country
during this weekend.
Our
results will be fed into this national campaign as a way of building up a
picture of the type and amount of rubbish found on our beaches and in our
sea.
Last
year 2049 pieces of rubbish were surveyed and recorded on a stretch of
Blackhall beach, and 63 bags of litter were collected and disposed of by
volunteers. We want to beat that this year.
We
already have volunteers from the Council’s Countryside Service and Natural
England’s Dene Team (a group of 10-16 year olds). We’d like others to
join in as well.
People
will work in pairs or small groups to record the types and quantities of litter
and help to bag it up. We’ll also have some litter pickers so if anyone
would rather just go off and collect rubbish which isn’t in the survey area,
they can do that too.
Anyone
can come along and give us a hand. Drop in for 5 minutes or the full two
hours.
If you would like further information please get in touch with me in the usual way or contact:
Maria Murphy
Countryside Development Officer
Durham County Council
Tel 0191 372 9100
