Whitley Bay, North Tyneside: A huge community effort is under way to clear up a spill of these disastrously resilient beads. We take a family trip to the beach to do our bit My son spots the first one. It’s about the size of a lentil, and half-buried in the dry sand.

Source: [Guardian International](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/29/country-diary-were-going-on-a-nurdle-hunt)

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