St Bees beach litter survey 2020

4 of us volunteered our time and completed a Great British Beach Clean 2020 Marine Conservation Society beach litter survey. An astounding 1721 items collected over 3 hours, in only 2 bin bags over a 30 metre length of beach. The bulk of the items were plastic, with small pieces 0-2.5cm, 2.5-50cm pieces, fishing net and net pieces of 0-50cm, cotton bud sticks, bottle caps and lids predominating. We found 1 facemask and a couple of dead bird carcasses. Once you submit results to the Marine Conservation Society, they send you a very professional looking PDF document with all your data summarised and charted. I have written to the local council to share the results from the 2 beach surveys I organised and attached the PDF files.