“PDWA own the shooting rights on Longton and Hutton marshes within the corridor of the project. These areas are of high conservation value (SSSI, Ramsar, SPA). The areas are of great importance to overwintering and breeding wildfowl and waders and other wildlife species. PDWA undertake significant conservation work in the area and need to ensure no/minimal impact from the project. We have 110 members who may partake in legal harvesting of wildfowl from these areas and we need to ensure no/minimal impact on this pastime. Our conservation projects are gaining national and international recognition and we are a potential recipient of contingency funding to help offset the impact of the project.”