Member Article

Dune dusters

As part of the national Clean for the Queen celebrations on 4 March to mark the Queen’s 90th birthday, Northumberland Wildlife Trust issued a call out for volunteers, to join it in a very special conservation effort - a massive clean-up along Druridge Bay, aptly nicknamed ‘Dusting the Dunes.’

Staff were overwhelmed by the response with teams of volunteers from the Trust, Quorum Business Park, Northumbrian Water, members of the public and Northumberland Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority (NIFCA) turning up to collect a total of 135 bags (455.75kg) of rubbish and 20 lobster pots (!) from five of its reserves along the Bay: Cresswell, Cresswell Pond, Druridge Pools, East Chevington and Hauxley.

The Trust would like to say a special thank you to The Drift Café, Cresswell, for providing participants at the event with free tea and coffee, and for donating 20% of its food profits on the day to the Trust.

The Trust and its supporters are committed to keeping Druridge Bay looking its best, regularly collecting hundreds of kilograms of rubbish along the coastline. Litter that is dropped at the beach can trap or hurt wild animals, as well as injuring your dog when it is running along the dunes, so why not help us do something to help wildlife?

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Sue Bishop .