...and held a visitors’ day to highlight the MOD’s approach to removing unexploded ordnance from Mappleton Beach at Former Air Weapons Range RAF Cowden. The visit also enabled DIO to...
...Landmarc and DIO teams were able to ensure that other areas remained safe and open for military training. A drone view of the plantation at Dunns Hide, Otterburn Training Area...
...To help change that, we’ve obtained funding from DIO’s Conservation Group to install six pine marten den boxes. These replicate large tree cavities, which are not that common in nature,...
...on persuading more women into the profession. It’s interesting that the average level of female participation in this profession is 10-15%. At the DIO we can be proud that about...
...way dangerous and could result in serious injury or death. It’s my job, like that of all Training Safety Marshals on the Defence estate, to make sure that doesn’t happen....
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...change. As part of the continuing restoration work that we carry out on the Bulford Kiwi we’ve recently re-chalked it – it was the first time in 30 years that...
A honey bee found on the Defence estate [Crown Copyright/MOD2018]It’s Bees’ Needs Week and I’d like to tell you about the important work that DIO does to protect bees across...
Excavation of a late Antique building complex. [Ancient Akrotiri Project 2019]Regular blog readers will know that there is an annual cycle of archaeological excavations at the Dreamer’s Bay site at...
...better understand what our Jungle Warfare Division students are sharing the forest with, and to inform our environmental management practices. On top of that, many of the BFB team were...