A mountain bike and shopping trolleys were discovered in an area that has become a haven for nature in Barrow.

The sizeable items were discovered at the bottom of Ormsgill Reservoir during a routine litter clean up operation.

The reservoir is an artificial lake that was once part of the steelworks in Barrow.

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Despite being bordered by a railway, two busy roads and housing estates, it has become a haven for wildlife and nature over the years.

The area is teeming with wildlife such as several species of fish, rabbits, and all manner wildfowl including swans, greylag geese, lesser black-backed gulls to name a few.

The biodiverse area is rich in flora and fauna as well as woodland types hawthorn, gorse and brambles.

(Image: Friends of Ormsgill Reservoir) Despite this, members of the Friends of Ormsgill reservoir have a constant battle with litter and are in desperate needs of more bins at the location. 

They also have a recurrent problem with trolleys being thrown to the bottom of the water.

Members Rachel Wilson, of Rachel's Wildlife, and Gary Kirby, who lives right by the reservoir, took to the waters to fish out what was lurking at the bottom.

(Image: Friends of Ormsgill Reservoir) Rachel said: "We didn't do too much as it was just a quick walk around but it went well.

"We managed to get two trolleys out of the rezza and one out of the Steelworks pond which is located between Furness college and Asda.

"We pulled a bike from the reservoir as well and we're planning on doing a big clean in the next few weeks as well where we can hopefully get a group of volunteers together."