Here are our group results for August. Huge effort by volunteers this month saw almost a tonne of rubbish removed from North West beaches ! This means we have now removed over 7 tonnes of rubbish in 2025 & are just under 200kg short of reaching 20 tonnes since forming in January 2024 !

3.1 kg of lobster hooks collected by our beach clean volunteers so far this year being sent to our friends at Caithness Beach Cleans. They will be repurposed and made into wheelie bin clips, recently approved for use by both Orkney and Highland councils. Monies raised funds their beach clean work.

The latest NWHBC group clean saw 18 volunteers remove 332 kg of rubbish from Balchladich beach, Assynt. Last cleaned in June 2024, this means that over 300kg of plastic has accumulated in just 14 months. 63 kg of the hard plastic was taken to Ullapool Harbour for recycling.

Here are the North West Highland Beach Cleans group results for July. Well done @everyone, an impressive amount of beach litter removed this month, now over 6 tonnes for this year ! Keep up the great work beach cleaners.

Here are the North West Highland Beach Cleans results for June. This means we have now removed 5.5 tonnes of rubbish for the year so far.

Latest visit to Ulva volunteering with the amazing team from Scottish Coastal Clean Up. Over 4 days 10 volunteers tackled 7 beaches removing over 3 tonnes of litter, visited the local primary school to create a piece of art work from beach litter & took part in a piece of filming with Banjo Beale

Here are the North West Highland Beach Cleans group results for the month of May and year to date. Another great effort this month, well done everyone

Here are our group efforts for April and the YTD. Closing in on 5 tonnes of rubbish for the year already. Keep up the great work @everyone together we are making a huge difference to our beaches !

Lots of unusual stuff found on our beach cleans this weekend but Max from Scottish Coastal Clean Up trumped us all with this find on one of the beaches. Not one but 2 cetacean teeth ! Photos emailed to Georg Hantke National Museums Scotland who confirmed that the teeth are from a Sperm whale !

The final North West Highland Beach Cleans / Scottish Coastal Clean Up saw the group tackle a beach below Polbain. In 5 hours 7 volunteers removed a total of 243 kg of plastic. Over 3 days 31 volunteers completed 5 beach cleans and removed a total of 1102 kg of plastic from the Wester Ross MPA.

Many thanks to the 11 volunteers who cleaned Reiff & Loch of Reiff yesterday for the second North West Highland Beach Cleans / Scottish Coastal Clean Up beach clean in Coigach. In total over 70 feed bags & 6 tonne bags were filled in 6 hours resulting in the removal of 735kg of plastic.

First day of the Scottish Coastal Clean Up / North West Highland Beach clean weekend in Coigach saw 10 volunteers cleaning Badentarbet beach. In 5 hours we removed 103.8kg of rubbish consisting mainly of small offcuts of rope & twine. Sometimes weight removed doesn't reflect the effort involved !

2 rather different ways of tackling the mountain of rubbish on Crossapol beach, Isle of Coll on Saturday !

Here are our group results up to 14 April

We completed the Coll beach cleans today organised by Scottish Coastal Clean Up & RSPB Scotland. Over 3 days 3 beaches were cleaned - Feall, Port ant Saoir & Crossapol - resulting in removal of 1.75 tonnes of beach litter. Many thanks for your help and hospitality. Hopefully see you all again soon !

First day of the Scottish Coastal Clean Up trip to Coll completed. Over 6 hours the group completed a beach survey & removed 200kg of litter from What an amazing place ! Even better now after a good clean. Great to be able to chill out at Coll Bunkhouse after a hard day on the beach.

Here are our group results up to the end of March. A huge increase this month due to volume of individual beach cleans completed & the large beach clean at Raffin / Culkein Drumbeg meaning that we have not only smashed through 15 tonnes collected but have now reached a new milestone of 16 tonnes.

The latest @nwhbeachcleans.bsky.social group beach clean of Raffin in Assynt as part of the @keepscotbeautiful.bsky.social Big Spring Clean campaign saw 30+ volunteers remove 1118kg of rubbish from a 1km stretch of beach over 3 days. The largest single item weighed 106kg !

Out to Raffin, Assynt with @finlaypringle.bsky.social to remove a big coil of salmon feed pipe & start gathering up the already collected litter into 3 tonne bags. A couple less jobs to do ahead of the clean planned for 22-23 March to coincide with @keepscotbeautiful.bsky.social Big Spring clean

Here are the latest group results up to 17 March. Our volunteers have now removed over 14 tonnes of plastic since forming in January 2024. Keep up the great work everyone !

Here are our group results for February. Great to see so much beach cleaning effort taking place in North West Scotland despite the often poor weather. Well done @everyone keep up the amazing work !

Here are the group's results up to 16 February. The first tonne of litter collected for 2025 ! Well done beach cleaners keep up the amazing work.

Out to Balchladich beach in Assynt this morning to remove a large length of fish farm pipe. Took opportunity to tidy up the beach too. In 3 hours filled 5 bags & chopped up 50m of pipe into 3m sections to fit in the car. Total removed 80.19kg, 40kg of pipe & 40kg of rope, twine & small plastic.

Here are our group results for this month up to 09 February, running totals for 2025 and overall rubbish removed since the group was created in January 2024.

Here are our group beach cleans results for January. A 30% increase in activity compared to January 2024. Well done beach cleaners keep up the great work !

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Here are our group beach clean results up to 26 January. Keep up the great work beach cleaners ! #plastic #plasticpollution #marine #marineconservation #beach #beachclean #community #Scotland #NorthWestHighlands

Here are the group results up to the 3rd week of January. Well done @everyone for all your efforts, especially those who battled the terrible wind at Loch Clash yesterday and still managed to remove 123kg of rubbish, stars all. #newtotal 13.168 tonnes !

Many thanks to 11 volunteers who turned out today to clean Loch Clash beach, Kinlochbervie. Despite rather windy conditions in 2 hours the group cleared 123kg of rubbish. This means the group, since starting in January 2024, have now removed over 13 tonnes of rubbish from our North West beaches.

Here are our group results up to 2nd week of January. First organised group clean of the year will be on Saturday 18 January at Loch Clash, Kinlochbervie from 12-3pm

Big haul of 103kg of plastic off Balnakiel beach, Durness yesterday by 3 of our volunteers. Great work team !

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Here are the group totals for December & final confirmed numbers for 2024. What an incredible first year we have had. A huge thank you to the volunteers for all of your hard work. Together in 2024 we have made a huge difference to our North West beaches and going forward will continue to do so.

Here are the North West Highland Beach Cleans results up to 24 December. Many thanks to all the volunteers for all your hard work this year in reaching such an amazing total. Hope you all have a fantastic Xmas and here's to a great 2025. Hopefully see you all on a beach at some point next year !

Here are the North West Highland Beach Cleans group totals for mid-December. Lots of big weight this month so far, almost at 12.5 tonnes for the year already. Fantastic effort beach cleaners ! #plastic #plasticpollution #marine #marineplastic #marineconservation #community #communityaction

Today's beach clean at Loch Clash, Kinlochbervie saw volunteers remove 97kg of plastic, ropes and nets and 146kg of salmon farm pipe. Total removed 243.59kg

Here are the group results up to 09 December. With the removal of a huge clump of ropes at Inverpolly by Nicky Davies & a group clean at Loch Clash on Sunday we have smashed through the 12 tonne mark for the year ! Thank you all for your hard work and dedication so far this year, truly inspiring.

Many thanks to the 9 hardy souls who turned out for the last group clean of the year at Loch Clash, Kinlochbervie. The total wt of plastic removed was 251.11kg, putting the group well over the 12 tonne mark for the year. A magnificent achievement of which the group should be very proud.

Excellent work by the beach cleaning legends Dorchas and Allan Sinclair

One of our North West Beach Clean volunteers hauled this huge pile of ropes off the beach at Inverpolly in Assynt earlier this week. Just messaged to say it weighed a colossal 265 kg ! Amazing effort, well done all involved ! #beachclean #plastic #plasticpollution #NorthWestHighlands

Next group clean will be at Loch Clash, Kinlochbervie on Saturday 07 Dec. 11am - 2pm Final decision to confirm will be on Thursday after checking forecast As you can see there is plenty to clean up. Equipment provided & as it's last one before Xmas there will also be mince pies & hot chocolate !

Here are the @nwhbeachcleans.bsky.social group totals for November. Lots of hard work by volunteers this month after the latest storms, resulting in an impressive 775kg removed. Great work beach cleaners ! #beachclean #plastic #plasticpollution #Highlands #Scotland #MarineConservation

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Here are the group's results up to 25 November Special thanks to all the volunteers who have been out this week to clean up after the latest storms. More to do I'm sure as we approach the end of the year. Another milestone this week with this year's total to date passing 11.5 tonnes ! #beachclean

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Here are the @nwhbeachcleans.bsky.social group results up to 18 November. Almost at 11.5 tonnes for the year ! Fantastic effort, keep up the great work beach cleaners ! #marine #beach #marinelife #plastic #plasticpollution #beachclean #scotland #highlands #westcoast #community #volunteers