A North Yorkshire caravan park has won praise for its work in encouraging wildlife to set up home in the area.
Renowned botanist David Bellamy said High Bentham’s Riverside Caravan Par has carried out important work in improving the environment in the surrounding area.
According to the Westmorland Gazette, the site is one of just 20 around Britain to be given one of Bellamy’s 2010 Conservation Awards.
Owners Thomas and Jane Marshall have worked hard to protect and boost the park’s local animal and plant life.
Bellamy admitted to being pleasantly surprised by the couple’s efforts in improving biodiversity and revealed that they had shown initiative to carry out work that even he had not considered before.
“This couple deserve all the support they can get and there are plenty of other tourism businesses in Cumbria and the rest of the UK which could take a leaf from their book,” he told the newspaper.
The awards are judged by assessors on how the park owners manage their land as a haven for wildlife, reduce resources use, deal with waste and support their local communities.
