Beach Beth 🌊
@beachbeth1.bsky.social
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 #beachclean #FirthofClyde #CowalPeninsula #Argyll #Scotland
2026, week 3.75 beach cleans. Strong easterly winds have brought more larger plastics to the Cowal peninsula 🌊🌬️😆 #beachclean #CowalPeninsula #ArgyllScotland #FirthofClyde #theClyde
January 26, 2026 at 12:31 PM
2026, week 3.75 beach cleans. Strong easterly winds have brought more larger plastics to the Cowal peninsula 🌊🌬️😆 #beachclean #CowalPeninsula #ArgyllScotland #FirthofClyde #theClyde
2026 week 3 beach cleans inc. nice shell bank spotted today 😆🌊 #beachclean #CowalPeninsula #ArgyllScotland #FirthofClyde #theClyde
January 21, 2026 at 11:59 AM
2026 week 3 beach cleans inc. nice shell bank spotted today 😆🌊 #beachclean #CowalPeninsula #ArgyllScotland #FirthofClyde #theClyde
So last year I found a cloth pull-string Woody doll on the beach. Today it's a stuffed Womble 🎉🌊😆 #beachclean #CowalPeninsula #ArgyllScotland #FirthofClyde #theClyde
January 20, 2026 at 12:44 PM
So last year I found a cloth pull-string Woody doll on the beach. Today it's a stuffed Womble 🎉🌊😆 #beachclean #CowalPeninsula #ArgyllScotland #FirthofClyde #theClyde
January 14, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Largest buoy I've seen come ashore -- too big and heavy for me so contacted the Council. Not wanting it to get out into the shipping lanes or go on a wee wander around the globe 🌊
January 12, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Largest buoy I've seen come ashore -- too big and heavy for me so contacted the Council. Not wanting it to get out into the shipping lanes or go on a wee wander around the globe 🌊
January 9, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Beginning of the New Year so I take annual stock of my 'beach rubbish' toy collection -- will be tossing the small plastics and keeping the balls, sporting bits & sand toys 🌊🎎 ⚽ #beachclean #CowalPeninsula #ArgyllScotland #FirthofClyde #theClyde
January 1, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Beginning of the New Year so I take annual stock of my 'beach rubbish' toy collection -- will be tossing the small plastics and keeping the balls, sporting bits & sand toys 🌊🎎 ⚽ #beachclean #CowalPeninsula #ArgyllScotland #FirthofClyde #theClyde
2025 shotgun shells collected on the eastern Cowal Peninsula from Blairmore to Ardentinny 😱 🌊 #beachclean #CowalPeninsula #ArgyllScotland #FirthofClyde #theClyde
January 1, 2026 at 11:49 AM
2025 shotgun shells collected on the eastern Cowal Peninsula from Blairmore to Ardentinny 😱 🌊 #beachclean #CowalPeninsula #ArgyllScotland #FirthofClyde #theClyde
31st Dec. inc. 18 bottles. Collected in 2025: angling bits & bobs, dummies (aka pacifiers), clothes pegs, shotgun cartridges, pill blister packs & plastic plants. I will make some sort of temp. art project with them 😁🌊 #beachclean #CowalPeninsula #ArgyllScotland #FirthofClyde #theClyde
December 31, 2025 at 2:03 PM
31st Dec. inc. 18 bottles. Collected in 2025: angling bits & bobs, dummies (aka pacifiers), clothes pegs, shotgun cartridges, pill blister packs & plastic plants. I will make some sort of temp. art project with them 😁🌊 #beachclean #CowalPeninsula #ArgyllScotland #FirthofClyde #theClyde
30th Dec. inc. 9 bottles & three balloons 🌊😆 #beachclean #CowalPeninsula #ArgyllScotland #FirthofClyde #theClyde
December 30, 2025 at 3:22 PM
30th Dec. inc. 9 bottles & three balloons 🌊😆 #beachclean #CowalPeninsula #ArgyllScotland #FirthofClyde #theClyde
29th Dec. inc. 9 bottles (2 found after the photo). At last, a spot of sunshine on the Clyde! Sideways view of our puffin rock and one of the Western Ferries 🌊😀 #beachclean #CowalPeninsula #ArgyllScotland #FirthofClyde #theClyde
December 29, 2025 at 4:28 PM
29th Dec. inc. 9 bottles (2 found after the photo). At last, a spot of sunshine on the Clyde! Sideways view of our puffin rock and one of the Western Ferries 🌊😀 #beachclean #CowalPeninsula #ArgyllScotland #FirthofClyde #theClyde
28th Dec. inc. 11 bottles & small marine buoy. Bits of polystyrene (aka styrofoam) makes my heart sink as they're impossible to get up -- this is AFTER I collected the bigger bits 🌊😞 #beachclean #CowalPeninsula #ArgyllScotland #FirthofClyde #theClyde
December 28, 2025 at 11:40 AM
28th Dec. inc. 11 bottles & small marine buoy. Bits of polystyrene (aka styrofoam) makes my heart sink as they're impossible to get up -- this is AFTER I collected the bigger bits 🌊😞 #beachclean #CowalPeninsula #ArgyllScotland #FirthofClyde #theClyde
27th Dec. inc. 12 bottles! Bonus: PAYDAY 😆🌊
December 27, 2025 at 1:08 PM
27th Dec. inc. 12 bottles! Bonus: PAYDAY 😆🌊
26th Dec. inc. 12 bottles 🌊😆 local knitters made these letter box toppers 🎄 #beachclean #CowalPeninsula #ArgyllScotland #FirthofClyde #theClyde #yarnbombing
December 26, 2025 at 1:15 PM
26th Dec. inc. 12 bottles 🌊😆 local knitters made these letter box toppers 🎄 #beachclean #CowalPeninsula #ArgyllScotland #FirthofClyde #theClyde #yarnbombing
Happy Christmas Eve! 🎄 Low tide at the head of Holy Loch and the banks of the River Eachaig. 11 bottles & lots of large random plastics 😆🌊 #beachcleans #CowalPeninsula #ArgyllScotland #FirthofClyde #theClyde
December 24, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Happy Christmas Eve! 🎄 Low tide at the head of Holy Loch and the banks of the River Eachaig. 11 bottles & lots of large random plastics 😆🌊 #beachcleans #CowalPeninsula #ArgyllScotland #FirthofClyde #theClyde
23rd Dec. inc. 16 bottles & lidless wheelie bin. Doesn't identify which local authority so unable to tell how far it's come 🌊😆 #beachcleans #CowalPeninsula #ArgyllScotland #FirthofClyde #theClyde
December 23, 2025 at 1:23 PM
23rd Dec. inc. 16 bottles & lidless wheelie bin. Doesn't identify which local authority so unable to tell how far it's come 🌊😆 #beachcleans #CowalPeninsula #ArgyllScotland #FirthofClyde #theClyde
22nd Dec., part 2, inc. 4 more bottles & jerry can. Husband helped bail the kayak & we posted it on social media to hopefully find the owner. Finally collected these 2 chunks of metal & took to recycling point 😆🌊 #beachcleans #CowalPeninsula #ArgyllScotland #FirthofClyde #theClyde
December 22, 2025 at 4:43 PM
22nd Dec., part 2, inc. 4 more bottles & jerry can. Husband helped bail the kayak & we posted it on social media to hopefully find the owner. Finally collected these 2 chunks of metal & took to recycling point 😆🌊 #beachcleans #CowalPeninsula #ArgyllScotland #FirthofClyde #theClyde
22nd Dec. inc. 9 bottles. Beached kayak needs to be bailed & husband said he'd help. Alas, the high tide moved the fridge/freezer from the nature reserve to Kilmun (opposite shore) 🌊😞 #beachcleans #CowalPeninsula #ArgyllScotland #FirthofClyde #theClyde
December 22, 2025 at 12:25 PM
22nd Dec. inc. 9 bottles. Beached kayak needs to be bailed & husband said he'd help. Alas, the high tide moved the fridge/freezer from the nature reserve to Kilmun (opposite shore) 🌊😞 #beachcleans #CowalPeninsula #ArgyllScotland #FirthofClyde #theClyde
21st Dec. inc. 22 bottles & lot of plastics dumped by the last few storms. Early morning to catch the low tide 🌊😆 #beachcleans #CowalPeninsula #ArgyllScotland #FirthofClyde #theClyde
December 21, 2025 at 1:01 PM
21st Dec. inc. 22 bottles & lot of plastics dumped by the last few storms. Early morning to catch the low tide 🌊😆 #beachcleans #CowalPeninsula #ArgyllScotland #FirthofClyde #theClyde
20th Dec. inc. 3 bottles & 2 buoys. Cloudy start to what should be a milder day 🌊⛅😀 #beachcleans #CowalPeninsula #ArgyllScotland #FirthofClyde #theClyde
December 20, 2025 at 10:18 AM
20th Dec. inc. 3 bottles & 2 buoys. Cloudy start to what should be a milder day 🌊⛅😀 #beachcleans #CowalPeninsula #ArgyllScotland #FirthofClyde #theClyde
19th Dec. inc. 4 bottles & flotation vest. Recent storms have removed or pushed back brambles by the seawall, so I was able to get huge plastics that had been there for years 🌊😱 #beachcleans #CowalPeninsula #ArgyllScotland #FirthofClyde #theClyde
December 19, 2025 at 12:07 PM
19th Dec. inc. 4 bottles & flotation vest. Recent storms have removed or pushed back brambles by the seawall, so I was able to get huge plastics that had been there for years 🌊😱 #beachcleans #CowalPeninsula #ArgyllScotland #FirthofClyde #theClyde
18th Dec., part 2, inc. 6 bottles (one not pictured) & part of fishing rod. This afternoon's heavy rain did not materialise, so I carried on with Storm Bram clean-up, Holy Loch 🌊 😱 #beachcleans #CowalPeninsula #ArgyllandButeScotland #FirthofClyde #theClyde
December 18, 2025 at 4:37 PM
18th Dec., part 2, inc. 6 bottles (one not pictured) & part of fishing rod. This afternoon's heavy rain did not materialise, so I carried on with Storm Bram clean-up, Holy Loch 🌊 😱 #beachcleans #CowalPeninsula #ArgyllandButeScotland #FirthofClyde #theClyde
18th Dec. inc. contents of fridge/freezer washed ashore from Storm Bram -- will try another day at low tide to move the unit. Expiry date on food: Jan. 2019. Also found a tyre & lifesaving ring 😆🌊
#beachcleans #CowalPeninsula #ArgyllandButeScotland #FirthofClyde #theClyde
#beachcleans #CowalPeninsula #ArgyllandButeScotland #FirthofClyde #theClyde
December 18, 2025 at 11:58 AM
18th Dec. inc. contents of fridge/freezer washed ashore from Storm Bram -- will try another day at low tide to move the unit. Expiry date on food: Jan. 2019. Also found a tyre & lifesaving ring 😆🌊
#beachcleans #CowalPeninsula #ArgyllandButeScotland #FirthofClyde #theClyde
#beachcleans #CowalPeninsula #ArgyllandButeScotland #FirthofClyde #theClyde
17th Dec. inc. 8 bottles. An otherwise wet & windy day, but there was a good window this morning for a tidy up at Broxwood, Dunoon 🌊🌬️😆 #beachcleans #CowalPeninsula #ArgyllandButeScotland #FirthofClyde #theClyde
December 17, 2025 at 11:44 AM
17th Dec. inc. 8 bottles. An otherwise wet & windy day, but there was a good window this morning for a tidy up at Broxwood, Dunoon 🌊🌬️😆 #beachcleans #CowalPeninsula #ArgyllandButeScotland #FirthofClyde #theClyde
Last three days of beach cleans inc. 58 bottles. Nice spot of sunshine in an otherwise dreich December 🌊 🌞🎉
#beachcleans #CowalPeninsula #ArgyllandButeScotland #FirthofClyde #theClyde
#beachcleans #CowalPeninsula #ArgyllandButeScotland #FirthofClyde #theClyde
December 16, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Last three days of beach cleans inc. 58 bottles. Nice spot of sunshine in an otherwise dreich December 🌊 🌞🎉
#beachcleans #CowalPeninsula #ArgyllandButeScotland #FirthofClyde #theClyde
#beachcleans #CowalPeninsula #ArgyllandButeScotland #FirthofClyde #theClyde