A DOG walker has hit out at revellers after “appalling” rubbish and broken glass was left on a beach during the bank holiday weekend.

Kazzi Alderson-Rees has labelled party-goers as “selfish, irresponsible pillocks” after she spent more than an hour picking up pieces of broken glass at East Beach, West Bay.

Ms Alderson-Rees, a regular walker on East Beach, was left “really cross” after the discovery, which was left after a beach party on Sunday night.

She said: “It was appalling. I just wish I didn’t have to clean it all up. I didn’t have anything to carry it off the beach so I just had to use a bucket for all the glass.

“I gathered it into a space in the rocks and then informed the Dorset Waste Partnership and the police.

Bridport and Lyme Regis News:

“I walk down there most days as it’s one of my dog Leo’s favourite walks. I’m always picking up something on the beach as I’m a bit of a collector and I also pick bits of litter off the beach but this made me really cross. All that glass could have been really dangerous if a child had walked over there in bare feet. It was just a shame, and a really disgusting mess to find at such a beautiful place.”

She added: “The amount of broken glass was shocking.

“I had to spend an hour of my own dog’s walk clearing up after them. The broken bottles they used as target practice were left where children will play.”

Mike Moon, head of operations for the Dorset Waste Partnership said a “small minority” of beachgoers fail to take responsibility for rubbish left on beaches.

He said: “We clean East Beach every day and have resort cleaners working daily.

“We will provide extra resource if there is an event taking place or it’s a particularly busy day, but we are only able to cover the area as far as the cliff. The majority of visitors are considerate enough to clean up after themselves.

"Unfortunately, there is a small minority of people who feel it is acceptable to leave a mess and, in some cases, even leave beach fires burning.”

Natalie Poulter, project co-ordinator from Litter Free Coast and Sea, said: "It's always disappointing to see litter left behind, especially when it's so easy to pop it in the bins provided right on the beach. 

"We encourage everyone using Dorset's beautiful beaches to either use the bins provided or take their rubbish home and recycle it where possible. 

"The community of West Bay is rightly passionate about its beaches; so much so that there's a community group supported by Litter Free Coast and Sea who run regular beach cleans to tidy up the sections Dorset Waste Partnership don't have resources to cover." 

Anyone wishing to help at a beach clean can find out more at litterfreecoastandsea.co.uk