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Beach Beth

@beachbeth1.bsky.social

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My retirement project is helping keep the Firth of Clyde clean. The Clyde is a beautiful inland sea with porpoises, dolphins, seals, sometimes whales, and migratory seabirds like gannets #beachcleans #FirthofClyde #CowalPeninsula #Argyll&Bute #Scotland

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Beach Beth @beachbeth1.bsky.social · 6d

28th Oct., I collected my 8,000th plastic bottle today -- Lucozade Sport Raspberry!!! That's since moving to the Cowal peninsula Jan. 2023 or 2.75 years. Bonus: rainbow behind the promenade 🌈♻️ #beachcleans #CowalPeninsula #ArgyllandButeScotland #FirthofClyde #theClyde

Beach Beth @beachbeth1.bsky.social · 7d

27th Oct. inc. 12 bottles. Groovy sunrise clouds and lovely flower memorial on the Dunoon promenade 🌞 #beachcleans #CowalPeninsula #ArgyllandButeScotland #FirthofClyde #theClyde

Beach Beth @beachbeth1.bsky.social · 7d

26th Oct. inc. 6 bottles & large disintegrating builders bag. I sometimes store stuff in my carport and then periodically take it to the dump. Yesterday's sunrise 🌞 #beachcleans #CowalPeninsula #ArgyllandButeScotland #FirthofClyde #theClyde

Beach Beth @beachbeth1.bsky.social · 9d

25th Oct. inc. two bottles and a cushion. Blue skies over Holy Loch 😀 #beachcleans #CowalPeninsula #ArgyllandButeScotland #FirthofClyde #theClyde

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Beach Beth @beachbeth1.bsky.social · 10d

24th Oct. inc. 3 bottles 🌊 #beachcleans #CowalPeninsula #ArgyllandButeScotland #FirthofClyde #theClyde

Beach Beth @beachbeth1.bsky.social · 11d

23rd Oct. inc. 1 bottle, piece of metal and of plywood. Blue skies on Holy Loch with view of Ardnadam Pier and forestry timber loading site 🌞 #beachcleans #CowalPeninsula #ArgyllandButeScotland #FirthofClyde #theClyde

Beach Beth @beachbeth1.bsky.social · 12d

I've been there -- it's wonderful 😆

Beach Beth @beachbeth1.bsky.social · 12d

22nd Oct. inc. 4 bottles (very very close to 8,000 in 3 years). Misc. larger plastics, a groovy scallop shell and blue skies in Kilmun 🌞 #beachcleans #CowalPeninsula #ArgyllandButeScotland #FirthofClyde #theClyde

Beach Beth @beachbeth1.bsky.social · 13d

21st Oct. 2nd orange kayak in the last few days courtesy the departed #StormAmy 😆 had to bail out the water & then dragged it off the beach. Will put ad in paper to try & locate owners for both 🤞 #beachcleans #CowalPeninsula #ArgyllandButeScotland #FirthofClyde #theClyde

Beach Beth @beachbeth1.bsky.social · 14d

20th Oct. inc. 6 bottles, jerry can, plastic shrub, and misc. polystyrene pieces. Misty day on Holy Loch, Kilmun 🌊 #beachcleans #CowalPeninsula #ArgyllandButeScotland #FirthofClyde #theClyde

Beach Beth @beachbeth1.bsky.social · 15d

19th Oct. inc. 2 bottles & plastic cutlery insert. And maybe a kayak from #StormAmy ? It's neither secured to the tree or turned upside down 🤔 Will see if I can find it's owner #beachcleans #CowalPeninsula #ArgyllandButeScotland #FirthofClyde #theClyde

Beach Beth @beachbeth1.bsky.social · 16d

18th Oct. inc. 6 bottles, float & utility box cover 🌊 #beachcleans #CowalPeninsula #ArgyllandButeScotland #FirthofClyde #theClyde

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Beach Beth @beachbeth1.bsky.social · 17d

17th Oct., part 2, inc. 5 bottles & more random plastics. Wanted to finish the Innellan beaches so I could go back to Holy Loch tomorrow 😀
#beachcleans #CowalPeninsula #ArgyllandButeScotland #FirthofClyde #theClyde

Beach Beth @beachbeth1.bsky.social · 17d

17th Oct. inc. 4 bottles & random plastics. Moody skies today at Innellan. Grainy photo of birds feasting off rotting seaweed at the sandy beach. #beachcleans #CowalPeninsula #ArgyllandButeScotland #FirthofClyde #theClyde

Beach Beth @beachbeth1.bsky.social · 17d

If you've not heard it yet, Alana Davis's cover is my favourite version 😆

Beach Beth @beachbeth1.bsky.social · 18d

16th Oct. inc. three bottles & parts of three plastic garden chairs courtesy of #StormAmy 🌊 #beachcleans #CowalPeninsula #ArgyllandButeScotland #FirthofClyde #theClyde

Beach Beth @beachbeth1.bsky.social · 19d

15th Oct. inc. 1 plastic bottle and tub. So, the Met Office tells me the official term for our current weather is Anticyclonic gloom -- really loving this phrase! 😱 #beachcleans #CowalPeninsula #ArgyllandButeScotland #FirthofClyde #theClyde
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Beach Beth @beachbeth1.bsky.social · 20d

14th Oct. inc. misc. plastics found in these boxes awaiting the next bonfire. Bonus find: a large lobster claw 🔥 #beachcleans #CowalPeninsula #ArgyllandButeScotland #FirthofClyde #theClyde

Beach Beth @beachbeth1.bsky.social · 21d

13th Oct. inc. 3 plastic bottles. Urchin's broken shell (remains of a seagull's breakfast?). Low tide at Toward and the forecasted sun has not made an appearance yet 🌊 #beachcleans #CowalPeninsula #ArgyllandButeScotland #FirthofClyde #theClyde

Beach Beth @beachbeth1.bsky.social · 22d

12th Oct. inc 5 plastic bottles. Gorgeous sunny day, low tide at Toward 🌞 #beachcleans #CowalPeninsula #ArgyllandButeScotland #FirthofClyde #theClyde

Beach Beth @beachbeth1.bsky.social · 23d

11th Oct. inc. 12 bottles 😄 #beachcleans #CowalPeninsula #ArgyllandButeScotland #FirthofClyde #theClyde

Beach Beth @beachbeth1.bsky.social · 24d

10th Oct. inc. 4 bottles, a creel and a plastic rubbish bin. Sadly, I also found a dead seal which I reported to be hopefully removed. Dislodged creel hauled off the beach and I will try and contact the owner 😪 #beachcleans #CowalPeninsula #ArgyllandButeScotland #FirthofClyde #theClyde

Beach Beth @beachbeth1.bsky.social · 25d

9th Oct. inc. 14 plastic bottles, plant pot & solo welly! Toward Lighthouse & Toward point looking over to the Isle of Bute 🌊 #beachcleans #CowalPeninsula #ArgyllandButeScotland #FirthofClyde #theClyde

Beach Beth @beachbeth1.bsky.social · 27d

7th Oct., part 2, more #StormAmy tidy up, Strone. Almost three bags, 10 bottles, 2 jerry cans & a boat bumper. Returned one of the jerry cans to Sound of Seil, Western Ferries 😄 #beachcleans #CowalPeninsula #ArgyllandButeScotland #FirthofClyde #theClyde

Beach Beth @beachbeth1.bsky.social · 27d

7th Oct. inc. ladder & plastic table top. Nice fungi on an old tree stump. This fishing line would've been hard to spot without the dew drops 😄 #beachcleans #CowalPeninsula #ArgyllandButeScotland #FirthofClyde #theClyde