Clean-up works begin on algae-hit Radipole Lake, Weymouth

Specialist water quality and environment contractors were on site at Radipole Lake, Weymouth, yesterday (Monday, August 5), to begin works to clear and safely dispose of the algae.

It is understood that the works could take about four or five days to complete.

As previously reported by the Echo, a herring gull had to be put down after getting trapped in the ‘green sludge.’

A woman who often visits Weymouth has also expressed her ‘disgust’ at the state of the beauty spot.

She explained that over the weekend she even saw ‘two dead birds that had clearly drowned in the lake as their heads were stuck in the water.’

Lake cleaning works are underway (Image: Weymouth and Portland Marine Litter Project)

Earlier this month, several additional gulls were also found dead on top of the algae.

Following an investigation by Dorset Council it was revealed the bloom is not toxic and was not responsible for killing wildlife.

The bloom, although unsightly, is ‘a natural occurrence this time of year.’