A BEAUTY spot outside of Ayr has been targeted by fly-tippers.

The picturesque Carrick Hills, which towers above the town, has become a dumping spot, littered with rubbish after landfill and recycling centres closed due to coronavirus.

A concerned neighbour who stays near the spot found a broken-up metal bed frame, a football and a skateboard left dumped at the site on Tuesday, April 7.

For months Ross Muir, 39, has been finding smashed up Buckfast bottles and McDonald’s packaging at the spot popular amongst youngsters.

Now he is concerned that larger household waste will be dumped through the night, by shameless fly-tippers.

He told the Advertiser: “I take the dogs out every morning and I keep finding more stuff lying there.

“Someone had come up last night and dumped everything.

“A few days ago, on the other side of the hill, down a dead end farm track there was more.”

“That’s just the usual, we get it. It’s a beauty spot, we’re six miles south of Ayr but you get a view right across the bay.”

“I caught a guy doing it a couple of months ago. He was about 100 metres away, he was just taking two or three bin liners and just lobbing them into the burn.

The stunning views have attracted local taking their daily exercise, with Ross noticing a larger number of people heading to the spot.

Ross added: “People are up visiting and they are not supposed to be, but they still are. Heading up here to dump rubbish is definitely not essential travel.”

Ross is concerned for wildlife in the area and his one-year-old daughter growing up there.

He is currently working from home as his job as a Duke of Edinburgh co-ordinator with North Ayrshire Council normally involves educating youngsters on the importance of protecting the environment and animals.

For the time being he has taken the decision to uplift the rubbish himself and store it safely until the lockdown is lifted and it can be collected.

Ross added: “I normally collect all the litter and put it in the bin. But I won’t be able to fit a double bed, skate-board in a green bin, it will never fit.

“I’m going to try and round it up and just sit it in a pile."

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