A WREXHAM family has taken it upon themselves to protect the environment.

The Perry family from Summerhill, which consists of mum, Annalisa, dad, Jason and their nine-year-old twin daughters, Felicity and Amelie, took to social media earlier to highlight the importance of maintaining the appearance of the areas beauty-spots.

She posted: "Two bin bags full of rubbish from Plas Power Woods, Bersham and Nant Mill Wood today (June 28).

"We love this beauty spot and are so lucky to have it on our doorstep.

"Come on people, take your rubbish home - it's not that hard.

"Stop spoiling it for everyone else."

Mum Annalisa, said the twins, who are pupils at Gwersyllt CP School, have taken an interest in looking after the planet, and protecting it from global warming, which saw them participate in the Eco Club after school for a number of years.

She added: "As a family, we love the outdoors, in the sunshine and the rain.

"On Saturday (June 28), we went for a socially distanced walk with a school friend of the girls to Bersham and we were so saddened and angry at how many people had left all of their rubbish at this beautiful spot.

"The girls went on about it when we got home and asked if they could go back with the litter pickers the next day to sort it out.

"When we went back we only took two bin bags, which were filled in no time and we did clean up our favourite beauty spot.

"A lot of walkers who saw us thanked us for doing a good job, which was really nice of them and the girls loved the feeling of knowing they were doing something good for the environment.

"When we got the rubbish home, I sorted it out into our recycling bins and what wasn’t for our recycling went in the general waste."

Also during lockdown, the two youngsters had noticed a rise in dog faeces being left by dog owners, which resulted in them creating a number of dog waste stations out of old plastic bottles that were then tied to lamp posts around Summerhill.

They made five in total, which according to mum Annalisa, has 'made a real difference' to the pavements in the area.

Unfortunately, the fifth dog waste station, which was located between Bryn Alun and Gwyn Evans, was vandalised and ripped down.

Felicity and Amelie were left 'devastated' that someone could do this and decided not to replace it.

Fortunately, the other four stations have remained in place and are restocked with more bags when the family visits them on their daily walks.

Mum, Annalisa expressed how proud she is of her young daughters and the way in which they care and have enthusiasm to want to make a positive difference for our planet.

She also stated that people who leave their litter and think that their rubbish is not their responsibility should 'take a leaf out of two nine-year-olds book and follow suit'.