#beach cleaning

[i-am-worm]

Drew this on the train to Bushmills. The week or so before my trip, I found this lure while beach cleaning:

SHIMP FREN. C8

I called him MacAuthur Park because the song was in my head that day:

Funny enough, I found a similar shrimp friend on a mural in Belfast on my last day:

[hypomancy]

wedi ffindio yn dino blastig fach ar y traeth a wedi gwneud docw shoot blastig fach // found a little plastic guy on the beach and did a little plastic nature documentary photoshoot

[what-the-dogfish-saw]

Have an orb pondering propaganda video.

[pomelo0o]

Lellopepper • AIR & WATER ‘24 • Beach Cleanup

[antigonipapantoni]

[tommeraasx]

[spenjelly]

Very Normal things I found at the beach that you might not expect:

- quarter machine ninja toy

-13 different kinds of pottery/ceramics

-wall of boat

-tooth

-indescribable rusty metal object

-piece of cement pipe

-some stairs

-gravity defying living tree

[pinkwolf24]

[otpv3]

Beauty of St Peters Bay Carenage

[beachcleaning]

This is about beach cleaning called cleansing, anyone interested contact me soon fresh posts are coming soon

[i-am-worm]

Inktober 2023 - Day Twenty Five - Dangerous

It's a dangerous world to be born into.

Based on something I found whilst litter picking.

Seaweed and there were two (you can't see it here) dogfish (cat shark) mermaid's purses tangled in fishing wire and fake plants. As I dug out the plants I found a rusted hook buried within.

The mess we made.

You can see the fishing wire better in this photo along with some 'treasures' I found that week:

[imbctioman2023]

‼️CALLING FOR VOLUNTEERS📢‼️

INTERNATIONAL MICROPLASTIC BEACH CLEAN UP@TIOMAN 2023 (IMBC@TIOMAN 2023)

🗓Date: 20th September 2023

⏰Time: 7:00 AM

📍Location: Tekek Beach and Monkey Bay, Pulau Tioman, Pulau Tioman

📍Gathering point: https://goo.gl/maps/Bxz6kJQSCAPTTakH8

🤝Organiser: Department of Chemistry, UPM with Persatuan Sains Analisis Malaysia (ANALIS)

☎Visit the IMBC website

https://imbc.upm.edu.my/

Let's register now to join us‼️

Registration link:

👉🏼https://forms.gle/HbwrtVACZmXqEua56

Please spread this news to other volunteers too!😍 See you there!😃

[what-the-dogfish-saw]

I have one word this month and the word is

Ok so I know this refers to literal microscopic plastic, but imagine a tideline covered in every kind of plastic and most being bottle cap sized and smaller.

@scifer said that could even be a new icon.

The recent winds and sprig tides brought in SO much ancient plastic, it was somewhat incredible. And I'd argue my local beach wasn't nearly as badly affected as some of the coat lines elsewhere.

I've not seen too many plastic straws, or plastic sticks from a cotton bud/lolly pop for a long while. But this last couple of weeks I've seen so many that have either been lost out at sea or buried in mud and sand and recently uncovered.

Just so many.

Also, a lot of medical supplies, including mouth syringes, needles (Don't worry, made the sure the points were gone or put it inside something and was careful) and emergency water supplies. Not sure how much I've removed but quite a few bin bags worth at least. I don't really photograph my bags often, but I have debated if I should bring luggage scales and weigh them in future (But I know waterlogged stuff can throw off the numbers), because when I do take photos, I don't think it really shows off the amount I removed.

Even stranger was this red crumbly stuff that kept washing up. Made me think of a playground foundation or aquarium pebbles, but no idea what it actually was.

But in the many, many MANY bag of rubbish I removed this month I have found a few 'treasures' or interesting bits and I want to share some of those finds but in a separate post

stay tuned!

[pomelo0o]

Lellopepper • Aquapricot Magazine

[shorepointdist]

735,000 lbs and counting👍