Doing our bit to help hen harriers
...grass, and prefer areas sheltered from the wind. Many of their roosting sites are on land managed for the MOD by licensed farmers. We liaise closely with the farmers to...
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Update on improvements to training facilities at New Zealand Farm Camp
...make plans for the grand opening. Upgrades The development is going well with the road system upgrades all but complete and we are starting to see the roofs being put...
Celebrating Safety Successes: DIO Wins at the RoSPA Awards
![The team collecting the award. [Crown Copyright/MOD2016]](https://insidedio.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2016/07/MG_7488-1024x683.jpg)
...pick up a Silver Health and Safety Award. The awards ceremony was held by RoSPA, the Royal Society for Prevention of Accidents, and recognises organisations and businesses which show commitment...
“You’re too small and too feminine…you’ll never do what a man can.”
...the need to continue to strive for equality and diversity. Jo McKeegan-Brown OBE We all face professional challenges at work. Here at MGS we’re going through a period of particular...
Veterans excavating First World War training trenches
![Left to right: Alex Sotheran, DIO archaeologist; Sam Fairhead, Wessex Archaeology; Stewart Bowman, veteran participant; Dickie Bennett, Breaking Ground Heritage. [Crown Copyright / MOD 2017]](https://insidedio.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2017/09/L-to-R-Alex-Sotheran-DIO-archaeologist-Sam-Fairhead-Wessex-Archaeology-Stewart-Bowman-veteran-participant-Dick-1024x683.jpg)
...can see the black lines in the photograph, which mark the line of sandbags. The black lines on the trench walls mark the presence of sandbags. [Crown Copyright / MOD2017]This...
Looking after Foxglove Covert’s rich array of wildlife
![Foxglove Covert team at 2017 Sanctuary Awards [Crown Copyright, MOD 2017]](https://insidedio.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2017/11/DDCL1824-1024x665.jpg)
...am proud to say that this work along with support from our volunteers has won us the Environmental Project Award at this year's Sanctuary Awards. Foxglove Covert is a very...
DIO partnership provides protection for people and nature
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Environment and Ecology, Land Management, Salisbury Plain Training Area
![Dartmoor Warbler [Copyright, Creative Commons 2018]](https://insidedio.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2018/05/Dartmoor-Warbler-2017.jpg)
...by promoting responsible access. The area covered by the SAMMs project includes several Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). It is also important for nature conservation and has a population...
Celebrating grass snakes, Bronze Age burials and 1 million construction hours!
![Construction underway at Larkhill. [Aspire]](https://insidedio.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2018/05/Larkhill-18032708-1024x621.jpg)
Hi, I’m Richard Tindal, Project Director for Larkhill Garrison at Aspire Defence Capital Works. You may have heard that we recently completed one million hours of construction work at Larkhill...
Excavating military tracks at Barrow Clump
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Richard Osgood, Posted on:
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Archaeology, Environment and Ecology, Military Training, Operation Nightingale, Salisbury Plain Training Area
![Volunteers and archaeologists at Barrow Clump [Crown Copyright, MOD 2018]](https://insidedio.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2018/07/B33E8BFD-E44C-416E-A1F8-04B16CB63AA9-1024x768.jpeg)
...Nightingale in 2013. [Crown Copyright/MOD2013]Barrow Clump is a protected scheduled monument and an Early Bronze Age burial mound that later became the burial place for Anglo Saxons in the 6th...
Powering up RAF Akrotiri
A Tornado GR4 from 903 Expeditionary Air Wing (EAW), based out of Royal Air Force Akrotiri, Cyprus. [Crown Copyright/MOD2016]I’m the Overseas Area Project Manager for Cyprus and Gibraltar and today...