LESS than a month after local volunteers cleared more than a tonne of rubbish from the Coombs Road footpath, in Milford Haven, fly-tippers have again used the area as a dumping ground.

In February, volunteers cleared old tyres, TV sets, a mattress, children’s toys, a car door, paint tins, and an old shed from the footpath, near Blackbridge.

Helping were Keep Wales Tidy, Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Ranger Hayley Barratt, and Pembrokeshire County Council, who collected the waste.

But just a few weeks later, local man Nick Barrett – who organised the clean-up - saw someone dumping more rubbish there.

Nick, 32, said he was at a loss as to why people chose to dump rubbish in the area.

“I don’t get it. If you’re going to drive somewhere to tip something then just drive to the tip,” he said.

“People just generally think of Blackbridge as a waste ground, and in terms of what it gives humans it might not be much.

“But for wildlife it’s so much more, it provides a habitat, shelter, and a water source.”

But Nick said he would not be deterred by the latest bout of tipping.

“Now we’ve got the worst of it, I hope to carry on and do the whole of Blackbridge Pill,” he said.

He also paid tribute to the volunteers who gave their time to help.

"The people who came did a fantastic job,” he said.

“I'm so grateful for their help, and even though the area was fly-tipped almost straight away afterwards I hope that it will galvanise people to continue to make a positive difference, even though there are people who can’t understand why it's important to care about the community and the environment."