Poldhu, The Lizard rubbish left on beach

Drum teacher and member of Mullion Surf Lifesaver Rich Mulryne took the pictures of rubbish left on the beach on Sunday morning.

Rubbish left at Poldhu Beach by visitors. Picture Rich Mulryne

He posted on Facebook: "Well done for leaving your crap on Poldhu, including bottles, broken glass, batteries, BBQS, cardboard, towels, bloody tissues and a t**d..possibly human."

Mr Mulryne told the Packet: "I went down to my local for a morning dip to be met by broken glass on the side of the road.

"A bag of BBQ stuff and a towel and some other random plastics was discarded on the beach. And then behind the wall next to the sign saying take home your litter was a pile of bottles, cardboard, bloody tissues, a battery from a device and a massive poo.

"I have a dog and it didnt look like that or even smell like it. Me and a couple of other locals picked it all up and I brought it home, sorted out what could be recycled and binned the rest...not difficult to do.

"I'm part of the Mullion Surf Life Savers who have been doing beach warden cover this weekend as there is no RNLI cover, and we all litter pick regularly anyway but today's rubbish is just sad and pathetic.

"Some people are quick to blame visitors, it maybe the case, however, some locals could also be more proactive with their waste, it must be said."

The combination of lifting of some lockdown restrictions and the bank holiday has seen an influx of visitors to the county of Cornwall with roads reported very busy yesterday. All over the UK public parks and even in front of the Welsh parliament people have been gathering to drink and party leaving mountains of rubbish behind.

Rubbish left on Poldhu Beach. Picture Rich Mulryne

Commenting on the pictures from Mr Mulryne, Tim Edwards said: "Right next to the sign! Unbelievable. The signs after the first lockdown where we appreciated our outdoor spaces and nature and were helping it. Now it's gone the other way and people are even more ignorant. Just look at the parks up-country from last week. Unbelievable."

In Falmouth last week large groups were photographed on Gyllyngvase Beach lighting fires.

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Evie collecting rubbish on Poldhu Beach. Pictures Becky Miles

On Friday in Newquay a seven-year-old called Evie issued a plea to every local in or holiday visitor to the town and beaches - 'please do not be a tosser'.

Posting on Facebook she said:“On the first morning of my school holidays, I got up at 6:30am to do a beach clean. In less than 500m we found all this. We couldn’t carry anymore. This makes me really sad because my community is being ruined by idiots.

Evie collecting rubbish on Poldhu Beach. Pictures Becky Miles

“Today’s litter pick was the worst we’ve done in a year. We found fires which were still burning with rusty nails, glass, bottles, scattered towels, clothes, food packets, drugs bags, medication packets, take away food etc etc. They had also pulled out freshly planted Marram grass just for fun.

It’s only from April 1 and we’re still in the beginning of lockdown easing. What will it be like in the summer? This angers us on so many levels. The dunes are meant to be a protected wildlife area, children should not be collecting litter on their holidays and should be able to play safely on our beach, the amount of litter was shocking and heart breaking.”"