AMATEUR photographers have been capturing scenes from Coatham Marsh, north of Redcar, for a competition.

People were invited to use cameras and film supplied by The Tees Valley Wildlife Trust to photograph the marsh.

Steve Ashton, education officer with the group, said there were plans to do more improvements at Coatham Marsh which backs on to a Corus factory. He said: "We thought it would be interesting to see what people didn't like and what they did like about the area before we started working on improving it. We had about eight adults in the morning and then we had 26 youngsters in the afternoon. The competition requires people to submit the best and the worst of their own environment across Britain, and we're really looking forward to having a look at what people like and don't like about Coatham Marsh."

Mr Ashton will enter the pictures in the competition called Your Neighbourhood - A Snapshot of Britain. They will be go on a web site and the best will be shown at The Lowry centre in Salford.