Dry weather with glimpses of sunshine meant plenty of people were able to enjoy the ancient art of trigging this Good Friday.

Crowds of people flocked to both Helford and St Anthony, where people are allowed to dig up shellfish for that one day of the year alone.

Trigging traditionally involves digging up cockles, although mussels, limpets and winkles are also collected from the muddy bed of the estuary at low tide.

Welly boots were the must-wear attire for the day, as families raked over the top level of mud in order to expose the cockle beds underneath the sediment.

For many families it has become an annual custom to all meet up and collect the cockles, before returning home to cook them together.

In the past members of the Helford Voluntary Marine Conservation Area Group carried out informal surveys at the Helford Estuary, mainly at Bar Beach, Treath and Gillan, which became almost as well established a custom as the trigging itself.

Members counted the triggers and tried to estimate the number of cockles being removed from the beds, to get an idea of how the environment is being affected, as there are fears that cockles are in decline.

People are encouraged to continue the informal count to add to the records.