Swansea Bay finds.

With Tom happily ensconced at Swansea University it's good to see that he's out and about!  The submerged forest is particularly impressive. They are the remains of a birch tundra woodland that grew 10 000 years ago flourishing as the climate warmed - the sea level was then some 22.5m lower. By the beginning of the neolithic period the sea level, as the ice sheets melted,  began to rise submerging the coastal woodland on the Gower peninsula. They began to emerge again as the sediment began to be stripped away off them in the 1980s.

At low tide the submerged forest is clearly visible. Top left: tree stump. Bottom left: eroded wood found on the strand line. Bottom right hand two -  birch bark. top right: sting winkles. 

Beach finds:  A rather attractive and large marble and various bricks including one from Tondu near Bridgend which had brickworks until they were demolished in 1977.