Hot summer helps group clear bucketfuls of litter from Ellesmere
Volunteers in a north Shropshire town have been able to litter pick inside a prominent lake because its water levels have dropped due to the recent hot weather.
With this summer being the hottest and one of the driest on record, lakes and rivers across the country have been running low.
It has meant Ellesmere park ranger, Lee Fraser, has been able to go into the Mere with volunteers and pick out litter, such as bricks, pottery and mobile phones.
He said the team have already collected “five big bucket loads” of litter which he said “covered half the distance” of the town’s promenade.
Fraser said this year they decided to collect litter by standing in the water, as it was easier to see what was in the water.
“We tried it last year from a boat, which when you stand on the bank, you can see all the bricks.
“Once in the water, on the boat, even if you are next to them and someone’s shouting that it’s right next to you, you cannot find it.
“There are quite a lot of bricks out on the side now already and we have only been at it less than an hour”, he said.
