7. • 1996 Cardiff Bay Bill passed
• 1998 Construction of NWR started
• 2000 Land handed over to CCW
History
8. • to provide a site that would sustain
nationally important numbers of at
least two species of waterfowl
• be eligible for designation as a SPA
alongside the Severn Estuary within
five years
• in the long term, attract internationally
important numbers of certain bird species
Initial Objectives
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17. • Dedicated classrooms
• Reception
• Meeting rooms
• Offices
• Volunteer facilities
• First point of contact with
Centre staff
• Availability of information
about the reserve
• Use of facilities by local
community
18. • Visitors encouraged into
building and environs
• Outdoor classroom space
• Bug hunting
• Pond dipping
• Visitor facilities
• Ridge and Furrow area
• Hay meadow
• Wet grassland
• Reed bed
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20. Funding
• Objective 2
• Newport Local Regeneration Funding
• WTB / Visit Wales
• RSPB
• CCW
• Environment Agency Wales
• Newport Landfill Tax