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Many followers will know that Wednesday has become our traditional volunteering day, so today I was joined by one of our VIP's, (volunteer in parks) another Paul. The volunteers have a project to refurbish the entrance to Pembrey Country Park complimenting the soon to be installed new entrance sign, and in doing so improve the ground flora to benefit pollinators. The area either side of the barrier has looked neglected for sometime so it was with some determination that the two of us set about tackling the "easy" right hand side. The idea is to open up the approaching vista, get more light to the ground under the mature trees and generally just make the entrance more welcoming.  Armed with our new tools funded by Welsh Government via the Local Nature Partnership we set about making light work of the task !!!! Before VIP Paul in action We soon discovered that the majority of the saplings were already dead, with the remainder suffering from

Memorable for all the wrong reasons storm Ciara slammed into the UK over the weekend, with coastal communities along the West coast being battered with high winds and rain. Image from Met Eireann At Pembrey the storm has left an interesting trail of damage, with the RAF Pembrey Sands weather station recording sustained wind speeds of 45mph and gusts of around 62mph. Combined with the tide at the peak of the monthly cycle with high tides of 9.0m there were bound to be consequences. The line of dunes from Tywyn Point at the Western edge of Cefn Sidan  to The Nose at the Eastern edge has borne the brunt of both wind and tide with tonnes of sand being eroded from the dunes leaving high flat dune faces, which has resulted in advice not to access the beach from either CE54 or CE 55. With plenty of winter weather still to go it is likely that there will be further erosion of the dunes. The benches at the main beach entrance! (photo L Walters) Dramatic dunes and seascape (L