A NATURE reserve in the heart of a busy military training area yesterday clinched a hat-trick of awards.
The Army Training Estate North-East was presented with the Ministry of Defence's (MoD) Silver Otter Trophy for the third time, for Foxglove Covert, at Catterick Garrison, North Yorkshire.
The award is given to the best conservation project or individual conservation effort on MoD land, and development of Foxglove Covert won the award in both 1992 and 1993.
This year, the award recognised the ultra-modern field centre on the reserve, which was built recently at a cost of £325,000.
The centre includes a one-way window system for bird-watching, a bird-ringing room and even a bunk-room for night-time moth trappers.
Various interest groups and schools use the centre and nature reserve for field studies and, since records began 11 years ago, 1,000 different species have been logged at the site.
The award was presented by the chief executive of Defence Estates, Vice Admiral Peter Dunt, who said: "Catterick's new field centre is a fine example of the MoD working with the public."
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