Millennium Coastal Park

View over the salt flats {with three spoonbills hidden somewhere.}

This is the entrance to the Millennium hide.

The newly-created waterfowl sanctuary contrasts with South Wales' traditional industry.

Located on the Ramsar site of the Burry Inlet, WWT's innovative centre at Llanelli is at the frontend of wetland conservation in Wales. Its newest feature is the Millennium Wetland complex, home to wildlife as diverse as dragonfly and Little Egret.

It's always nice to see new developments with character. This one is in Llanelli.

A flood plain gully at low tide on the Loughor estuary.

This is the flood plain of the Loughor estuary, looking towards the north of the Gower peninsula. I'm glad I had GPS to tell me when I was in this square - it's quite tricky to negotiate in shoes and terrain was becoming softer and muddier by each step.

On Bynea Station on the Heart of Wales line

Known as Penclacwydd

This is the junction where the Heart of Wales line departs from the West Wales Line. It's obvious from the rust on the left line that this railway is predominantly run as a single track line. Some goods traffic also travels along this line, branching off just south of Pontardulais. In the distance, just after the junction, some strange arches have recently been constructed. This turned out to be a prefabricated tunnel, which presumably was lifted over the line when it wasn't being used! SS5398 : New tunnel at Llandilo Junction The spelling of the junction's name is probably a throwback from when welsh spellings were approximated to English; it should probably be Llandeilo junction, but Llandilo is the spelling in not only ancient and modern maps but also in railway documentation.

A ballast spreader parked at Llandilo Junction. In the distance, Trostre steel works can be observed.

Construction of a prefabricated bridge/tunnel for a new road bypass. A ramp can now be seen on both sides of the arches where the road will eventually traverse the railway. This is Llandilo junction (misspelling is intentional as that's its name), the actual start of the Heart of Wales line.

Currently being built, this is the construction site for the new rugby stadium in the Trostre area of Llanelli. Soon to be the new home for the Llanelli Scarlets.

Another lake on the range. Trostre Steel Works is in the distance. The last of Llanelli's big industry.

These lorries are heading towards Llanelli, a town based on steel production.