Conservation experts from the Balkans are on a fact-finding stay in the Yorkshire Dales National Park.

Representatives from government departments and conservation groups in Serbia, Kosovo and Albania are spending three days with Park authority members and staff.

They were joined by members of the Balkans Peace Park Project, a UK charity that has been working in the area where the common borders of Albania, Montenegro and Kosovo meet.

David Butterworth, the Park’s chief executive, said: “This latest visit is part of a continuing collaboration that sees us exchanging ideas and working practices so we can all improve the way in which we look after our surroundings.”