There was no shortage of volunteers for the Channel Island Big Beach clean here on Sark recently but there was a shortage of rubbish. The event was held on Dixcart beach but the small amount of rubbish that there was didn’t take long to collect so the organisers decided to run a sand sculpture competition for the children instead. The were several mermaids and a turtle created from sand and decorated with cuttlefish bones, shells, pebbles and seaweed but the winner was Ruairi’s lovely dolphin.

Pictures by Sue Daly

The beach cleaning team

Darwin at work on his turtle

Harry & Eduard & their mermaid

Ruairi’s winning dolphin