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A club official’s lot

Simon Trinder talks about the uncertain future for wildfowling (Letters, 27 January). I took over as honorary secretary of the Fenland Wildfowlers Association, a relatively large club on the Wash, last November. Writing my secretary’s report recently was a real eye-opener as to what we as club officials have to deal with to try to preserve our way of life.

First up was a Natural England (NE) consultation on the coastal path running through our stretch of foreshore, with 200 pages of accompanying reading matter. Thankfully, the proposals consisted of upgrading gates and signage and restricting public access to the saltings. A definite result.

Next, we received the Home Office firearms consultation, the sections most relevant to us being air rifle regulation — which threaten to limit one of the main entry pathways into shooting — and the possession of ammunition components (for home-loading).

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