Over 18kg of rubbish was cleared from Sully beach by litter-pickers last weekend.

On Saturday 31 volunteers took to the shorefront to clear 18.5kg of rubbish, including one fence panel that weighed 9kg.

But the volunteers reported a "considerable reduction" in the amount of litter on Sully beach.

Over the same 100m survey of Sully Bay in Autumn 2019 the group collected 23.5kg of litter and in Autumn 2020, 34kg.

This local event was part of a nationwide effort to clear rubbish from beaches.

The Great British Beach Clean is a week-long citizen science event, where hundreds of beach cleans take place up and down the UK.

Litter data collected drives the Marine Conservation Society's work and also feeds into the International Coastal Clean-up (ICC).

This year's Great British Beach Clean took place between Friday 17th - Sunday 26th September 2021.

"On every clean we ask people to run a litter survey: recording all the items of rubbish they find in a 100m stretch. We use this data to campaign for real change," said a spokesperson for MCS.

"And we have seen some great results, our data has been used to make a positive impact on our ocean - including the introduction of the plastic bag charge, banning microplastics in personal care products, better wet wipe labelling, and supporting a tax on single-use plastic items."