Praise from Bangor Harbour Master for North Down Littler Pickers

3rd December 2022

Litter on the Seacliffe Road coastline Credit: Lesley Crawshaw

Litter is the scourge of many coastlines, and Bangor in North Down in Northern Ireland is no exception. But one person (and there are many) regularly litter picks in an adopted place (#AdoptASpot) on Seacliff Road, near the Long Hole beside the Harbour.

This month there seemed to be far less litter than normal during November.

Lesley Crawshaw said on Facebook it is “something to celebrate whilst it lasts. 1 bag lifted - 94 items. 11 sweet/snack wrappers/packets, 10 cans, 6 bottles, 4 bottle caps, 4 cotton bud sticks, 2 forks, 1 balloon, 1 lip gloss, 1 pen, 1 face mask, 1 tyre and the usual small pieces of broken-down plastic”.

Harbour Master Kevin Baird remarked, “Well done, Lesley - thank you for adopting a spot close to the Marina, Harbour and Long Hole”.

1 bag of litter lifted contained 94 items One bag of litter lifted contained 94 items

Published in Belfast Lough, Northern Ireland Waters

Published in Belfast Lough

Tagged under

Bangor harbour

About The Author

Betty Armstrong

Email The Author

Betty Armstrong is Afloat and Yachting Life's Northern Ireland Correspondent. Betty grew up racing dinghies but now sails a more sedate Dehler 36 around County Down

We've got a favour to ask

More people are reading Afloat.ie than ever thanks to the power of the internet but we're in stormy seas because advertising revenues across the media are falling fast. Unlike many news sites, we haven't put up a paywall because we want to keep our marine journalism open.

Afloat.ie is Ireland's only full-time marine journalism team and it takes time, money and hard work to produce our content.

So you can see why we need to ask for your help.

If everyone chipped in, we can enhance our coverage and our future would be more secure. You can help us through a small donation. Thank you.