Doing our bit to help hen harriers
...He spent a few weeks on our land on Salisbury Plain in the autumn before heading to mainland Europe for the winter. The tag showed us that hen harriers were...
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Update on improvements to training facilities at New Zealand Farm Camp
...to fully utilise what will be a fantastic location. The only constraint is the limits of their imagination when planning their training! Otherwise it can be used for almost anything....
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)
...as reasonably practicable. It also means that we have an assurance process in place to make sure that any contractors working for us are doing so safely to agreed standards....
“You’re too small and too feminine…you’ll never do what a man can.”
...which I guess is why people sometimes describe me as a ‘Trailblazer’ for women in the MOD. I’ve never set out to do that. I’ve only ever wanted to use...
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)
...is therapeutic for them. This was the first project that Operation Nightingale has undertaken in Scotland – hopefully there will be many more to follow. Remains that we found have...
Looking after Foxglove Covert’s rich array of wildlife
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...and they support staff with an extensive range of activities to preserve, protect and record the many different types of wildlife that exist throughout the reserve. For example, the moorland...
DIO partnership provides protection for people and nature
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Mark Sumner, Posted on:
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Categories:
Environment and Ecology, Land Management, Salisbury Plain Training Area
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...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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Categories:
Archaeology, Environment and Ecology, Military Training, Operation Nightingale, Salisbury Plain Training Area
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...you've read my previous blogs you will know what Operation Nightingale is but for those of you who don’t, it’s a programme that was jointly established in 2011 by DIO...
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...