the consultation on the proposed marine extension to the Liverpool Bay / Bae Lerpwl Special Protection Area (SPA)
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Following the consultation on the proposed marine extension to the Liverpool Bay / Bae Lerpwl Special Protection Area (SPA) (please see: https://naturalresources.wales/guidance-and-advice/environmental-topics/consultations/our-own-consultations-closed/consultation-on-proposed-changes-to-liverpool-baybae-lerpwl-special-protection-area/?lang=en), Natural  Resources Wales submitted the Consultation Report to Government during the summer, 2017. We wanted to write to let you know as a stakeholder with interest in the site, that the Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Rural affairs, one of the Welsh Ministers, formally classified the proposed marine extension as a Special Protection Area (SPA) on 31st October 2017 in accordance with the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations, 2010 (now The Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations, 2017 (SI 2017 No. 1012)). Governments are progressing registration of the site and Natural Resources Wales and relevant agencies (Natural England and The Joint Nature Conservation Committee) will issue full formal stakeholder notification to all parties once this registration is complete.
 
The extended SPA affords protection to non-breeding little gull, and foraging common tern and little tern breeding in their colonies in adjacent SPAs. All features of the original SPA, red throated diver and common scoter, will be retained and afforded protection across the whole of the extended site. Alongside the three non-breeding features (little gull, red throated diver and common scoter) two further species have also been added as named components of the waterbird assemblage; red-breasted merganser and cormorant.
 
If you have any questions please contact Dr Neil Smith: 
morol.n2k@cyfoethnaturiolcymru.gov.uk
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