The site has no mains water, electricity or toilets

New human rights laws mean the needs of the illegal squatters have to be taken into account before they can be evicted.

The community has been on the land near St David's since June.

Despite having no running water, electricity or toilets, they are still there almost four months on.

I'm a single parent and I'm on the council list trying to get a house Jim Scott

They will finally be moved off the land next week.

But those living near the site, which falls within the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, cannot understand why it has taken the authorities so long to act.

Local resident Carol Evans said: "We usually get them every year. They come for the potato picking in May or June and they are usually gone by now - but not this year."

The travellers say they are surprised it has taken the authorities so long to evict them.

But Jim Scott, who came for potato picking work over the summer, claimed squatting was his only option.

Traveller Jim Scott says he has no choice but to squat on the land

"I do have sympathy for them in one sense in that they find it a headache to deal with," he said.

"But on the other hand I'm a single parent and I'm on the council list trying to get a house.

"I've been on the council list for two years now and I've not been offered a house so I've not any choice at the moment."

New human rights laws means authorities have to assess each travellers individual needs before action can to be taken to move them on.

But only two members of the community filled out the forms which delayed the coastal park authority.

Bailiffs will finally move on to the site next week to evict them.

Park senior warden Phillip Lees said if a similar situation arose in the future they might have to look at doing things differently.

"The actual human rights interview took two months to complete," he said.

He said the park authority and county council would look at the issue again.