Flotsam Textures 7-16 An accumulation of flotsam organic debris and pieces of plastic washed up to the top of the shore near Spaniard Rocks at Rhossili Bay in Gower.
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Flotsam Textures 7-16 An accumulation of flotsam organic debris and pieces of plastic washed up to the top of the shore near Spaniard Rocks at Rhossili Bay in Gower.
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This is far morgen plastic than I experienced e.g. on the beaches of north frisian islands. And all pieces of debris are much bigger, less destroyed. Interesting.
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Goodness these photos are distressing Jessica, so much plastic, it’s horrendous what these are doing to ocean creatures. By the way I have a new nature blog up and running. It would be great if you could spend a minute or two checking it out, I’d value your comments: https://denzilnature.com/
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been looking at strandline all my life it used to be exciting mainly organic items washed ashore – now it is sad with so much plastics. Even the rope has changed.
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These pictures show a relatively small and discrete location where debris uniquely washes up from the Bristol Channel, from across the Atlantic in North and South America, as well as from the Mediterranean and North Africa. All the tides and currents in the location cause smaller flotsam like this to accumulate at a single point. It appears and disappears with shifting sands and strong tides. It is routinely cleared up by local volunteers but it is a difficult job and never ending.
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Yes, plastic pollution is a great cause for concern and does seem to be getting worse. These pictures were taken some time ago and to my knowledge the state of affairs has continued at this point for at least the last 20 years and probably very much longer. Volunteers regularly clear up but it is a very difficult job, especially with the smaller material, and a situation where the flotsam can alternately be completely buried or reappear from one tide to the next.
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Yes, I agree with you Andy. When I first started taking seashore photographs, I was attracted by the flotsam whether it was organic or inorganic. But at that time most of the man-made flotsam was larger sized and easy to pick up and remove, Now it is increasingly smaller pieces and particles that are very difficult and time-consuming to retrieve – an impossible task in many cases. Even with many volunteers the task would take for ever.
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I was reading today how tinsel remains in the sea without breaking down, and is easily digested by fish. There’s a move to ban it.
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Yes, I have heard that as well. In England there are moves to make Christmas cards, wrapping paper, and decorations that contain only materials that are eco-friendly, without any plastics included, and that will decompose naturally.
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