Beach Walk, Today, Orkney

The focus for tonight's meditation came about after a prompt from a friend in Cornwall concerning radioactive tuna. However interestingly today on an idyllic walk along the beach at Skaill Bay in Orkney, with the sun shining and the sand warm beneath our feet we came across a depressing amount of washed up rubbish and at least five dead sea birds, including a pair of gannets caught up in fish netting. Rescuing a washed up fish box to use for vegetable planting in the garden we filled it with as much of the rubbish as we could manage as part of the Pick Up Three Pieces beach clearing initiative here on Orkney (see links).

On a more encouraging note the Arctic terns at Birsay fledged at least 12 chicks this year, with the adults bringing in plenty of fish for the young to eat - we have watched them fail the last two years due to lack of food.

Rubbish collected today, Skaill Beach, Orkney

Pick up 3 Pieces Initiative Bin Label, Skaill