HELPING TO CLEAN UP OUR COAST AND COUNTRYSIDE
Yesterday evening during the current heatwave, I went down to Blue Anchor Beach for my latest beach clean. The first three items I found within a short distance on the afternoon tide line was a broken tennis ball (early stages of breaking up) and two separate pieces of tennis ball covering. While picking these up, a group of people at the chalets called down to thank me for what I was doing which is always appreciated! Most of what I collected during my walk along to Dunster Beach and back was plastic apart from a few drink cans which had obviously been in the sea for a long time. The face mask I found was as shown in the picture with stones left on it. It would be nice to think somebody had spotted it and put the stones on it to prevent it ending up in the sea. The wristband from the Grand Pier in Weston Super Mare must have washed down the channel to this point. I have found similar pieces of plastic before but not identified them as there was no print left on it. They may well have come from a different location. I have looked at the Grand Pier twitter account and pleased to see they have an active litter picking group which is good to know. It would be even better to aim for a reduction in plastic use. The other photo shows an empty dog poo bag which claims to help the environment more than it does. After finding four bags of dog poo on the beach before that, it was one poo bag too many! The bag has a Facebook page link but on searching, the page no longer exists. Anyway, that section of beach is now clear of plastic. Well, until the next high tide.
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