Hundreds of Christmas trees are being used to shore up sand dunes at Lossiemouth in a bid to keep coastal erosion at bay.

Having already being collected and carried to the beach, a trench will now be dug ... asking for people to donate their discarded Christmas trees for the coastal erosion project.

Hundreds of Christmas trees are being used to shore up sand dunes ... Lossiemouth Community Council is behind the project at the Moray town's East Beach. They have been assisted by personnel ...

"Beach nourishment costs millions of dollars, so this is one small way we can help protect the dunes and fight coastal ...