Reeds and lagoon with ducks at Newport Wetlands National Nature Reserve South East Wales UK

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Newport Wetlands National Nature Reserve is wildlife habitat situated on part of the Gwent Levels, on the eastern edge of the city of Newport. It was created on the site of storage lagoons for pulverised fuel ash from the neighbouring Uskmouth Power Station and flat grazing land, as compensation for the loss of mudflats of Cardiff Bay when the barrage was built. Covering over 438 hectares along the northern shore of the Severn Estuary the reedbeds, lagoons, wet grassland and scrub attract many wetland birds.

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Location: Newport Wetlands National Nature Reserve, Newport, Gwent, South East Wales, Cymru, UK
Photo credit: © Jeff Morgan 09 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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