Troops training on 16-tonne Army diggers have helped restore a beauty spot rich with rare wildlife.
Royal Logistic Corps soldiers learning their trade on the Regiment’s excavators cleared sand dunes of scrub in a vital conservation area in Penhale, Cornwall.
The Ministry of Defence said: “Fast-growing scrubby vegetation – encouraged by the loss of natural grazing, by climate change and by nitrogen increases caused by air pollution – is overtaking the landscape.
