AI can mislead on tides and outdoor safety | Digital Watch Observatory

Recent incidents in the UK reveal AI errors can endanger outdoor enthusiasts. Consulting official sources and local knowledge is crucial for safe swimming and hiking trips.

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Boxing Day beachcombing finds. 😊

#beachcombing

14 days off from work. Fourteen rounded pearls of freedom.
I just finished helping my mum get ready for Christmas, and since I don't celebrate the day myself, adventures await. The forecast for today said cloudy and cold, but at the North Sea, forecasts are temporary guesses at best. The sun got out of bed and didn't stop shining the next seven hours.
#Ocean
#Beachcombing
#Nature
#NorthSea

When I get too glum and morose, a brisk 10-kilometer jaunt by the North Sea will fix me right up.

Beachcombing, listening to the roar of breaking waves, a tempestuous gale whistling around my ears, watering eyes, and the irksome recurring drop of snot under the tip of my nose....

It clears the cobwebs right out.

#Beachcombing
#Birding
#TheNorthSea
#Ocean

#SilentSunday

#Beach gooseneck #barnacles find.
There's 3 different types of barnacles found in BC waters/on beaches - acorn, gooseneck & whale - the latter grows on whales' bodies. Barnacles are a longtime, year-round staple #seafood for coastal #Indigenous #FirstNations. In particular, the #Haida & #Kwakwakawakw & #Pacheedaht #FirstPeoples have several documented stories involving barnacles, including food prep recorded histories.

Barnacles are #ancient and can be dated to the middle of Cambrian period of Paleozoic because of Burgess Shale deposits in #BritishColumbia. They're #hermaphroditic #MarineAnimals.

#beachcombing #ectoparasites #MarineBiology #epibiotic #LookAndLearn #TraditionalFood #CoastSalish #shellfish #PortRenfrew #Kwakwakawakw #Haida #IndigenousFoods #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #WestCoast #Canada #photography #WorldInMyEyes #Educational #CoastalBC #marine

"She just brought it to the front desk and said I have rescued this sea snake."

"A New South Wales wildlife sanctuary has been forced to temporarily evacuate parts of its centre after a woman brought in a highly venomous sea snake. They are one of the most venomous snakes in the world."
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-14/coffs-coast-wildlife-sanctaury-evacuated-due-to-sea-snake/105888174
#ocean #wildlife #Woolgoolga #CoffsHarbour #snake #seasnake #beachcombing

Parts of Coffs Coast Wildlife Sanctuary evacuated due to 'highly venomous' sea snake

Visitors to a northern New South Wales wildlife sanctuary were forced to evacuate after a woman brought in a rescued sea snake, one of the world's deadliest reptiles.

ABC News

Beachcast shells on Ardeer Beach, with Ailsa Craig and Arran just visible in the background, from this morning's dogwalk.

#ardeer #ardeerbeach #beachcombing #shells #firthofclyde #ayrshire #beachphotography #scotland

I took the dog down to Ardeer beach on the Clyde Coast yesterday and in amongst the seaweed, jellyfish and the occasional Portuguese Man-o-War(!) cast up on the shore, I found this. Who knew the inside of a crab's shell could quite such a vivid purple!

#glasgow #ardeer #beach #crab #beachcombing #shell #purple #nature #marinelife #naturalwonder