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Records for rainfall are being broken all over Wales judging by the levels of standing water across Pembrey Country Park and the Nature Reserve we have had our fair share, of course without the devastating impact that other areas have suffered. As reported in previous blogs the most dramatic impacts we have seen are along the coast with our nationally important sand dunes bearing the brunt. A feature which has come to light with the erosion is the way in which the dunes have formed over recent times, by this I mean that you should look closely at the newly exposed faces of the dunes (keep a safe distance) and see for yourselves the interwoven driftwood, plastic and other manmade objects embedded in layers into the dunes. For the geology students among you the image is one of sedimentary deposition as the different layers are very clear. The dunes are usually formed when grains of sand collect against a fixed object, such as driftwood; this catches and holds the sand al