Support for international site

An internationally recognised wildlife habitat has been given financial support. The Preston and District Wildfowling Association has been awarded a £21,000 grant to fund habitat improvements for nesting birds, as well as to encourage water voles and otters on the protected Hutton Marsh in the Ribble Estuary. The grant was awarded by the Wildlife Habitat Charitable Trust. The project, which has been endorsed by Natural England, will see an ecological appraisal, groundwork and fencing as well as a 25-year management plan implemented.