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SANCTUARY Foreword SANCTUARY Welcome by Julie Taylor Director General Head Office and Commissioning Services Editors Iain Perkins Marc Arbuckle (Design) Editorial Board Jane Hallett (Chair) Richard Brooks Contact Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) Building 21, Westdown Camp Tilshead, Salisbury SP3 4RS dio-sanctuary@mod.uk 01980 674 807 Sanctuary is an annual publication about sustainable development in the Ministry of Defence (MOD) and the sustainable management of the natural and built assets across the Defence estate. It illustrates how the MOD is undertaking its responsibility for stewardship of the estate in the UK and overseas. It is designed for a wide audience, from the general public, to the people who work for us or volunteer as members of the MOD Conservation Groups. Sanctuary is produced for the MOD by the Defence Infrastructure Organisation. Sanctuary has been printed by the kind sponsorship of the Industry Partners below: I am delighted to have the opportunity to provide the welcome to this year’s Sanctuary Magazine which illustrates the continuing commitment and innovation of the Ministry of Defence (MOD) with its partners to deliver meaningful and resilient outcomes for sustainability and conservation across the defence estate. The Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015 reinforced our intent to ensure that we have the infrastructure and estate we need to support current and future military capability. ‘A Better Defence Estate’ announced in November detailed our vision of how we intend to achieve this via the Estate Optimisation Programme. This programme will bring a number of changes and challenges to the estate both in terms of investment and divestment but the breadth of expertise within MOD and our partner organisations to take up this challenge is amply demonstrated in the following pages. It is striking that many of the features are narratives on the effective collaboration between MOD, Statutory Bodies, industry partners and nongovernmental organisations. This is a reflection of our approach to the continued sustainable management of the estate with much of what we deliver done in partnership with others within a robust legislative and defence policy framework. It is also good to see we are pursuing secondments such as the exchange between Natural England and the MOD and I hope to build on these foundations with similar arrangements in the future as well as realising opportunities under the Apprenticeship Scheme. The Sanctuary awards winners and runner ups demonstrates the international, national, regional and local reach of defence and I offer my warmest congratulations to all of this year’s winners especially the Silver Otter winner Bob Haycock. Bob in his role with the Countryside Council for Wales and his unstinting support and guidance to the Castlemartin Conservation Group, is a reflection of the many volunteers and stakeholders that belong to the 120+ conservation groups whose members give up their time and expertise to assist in the conservation of the defence estate. Finally, thanks must go to all of the Sanctuary sponsors for their continued support and I hope you enjoy reading this latest edition of Sanctuary. SANCTUARY 45 2016
Contents Sanctuary Awards 2 The Sanctuary Awards 2016 Sanctuary Features 8 Sennybridge Training Area, possibly the best waxcap-grassland in Europe? 10 Netheravon Camp, Salisbury Plain, clawing back our heritage 12 Maritime Environmental Protection Guidance for Royal Navy operators at sea 14 Army Basing Programme, From Masterplanning to Planning approval 16 Salisbury Plain, Biodiversity Offsetting Plan 18 Henges and Anglo-Saxon graves, new service family accommodation, Bulford 20 Salisbury Plain water commitments, A partnership between Kelda and DIO 22 Safe and sustainable demolition at Corunna Barracks, Ludgershall 24 Ulster Wildlife’s view on conservation on the Northern Ireland Estate 26 Energy improvements on the MOD Training Estate 27 Castlemartin choughs are in a safe pair of hands 28 RAF Lossiemouth delivery of new Typhoon Squadron headquarters 30 Gower Peninsular, dealing with a potentially explosive World War II legacy 32 Horsea Lake, Portsmouth, Will the moon jellyfish cope with future warming? 34 Cyprus SBAA designates five Special Areas of Conservation 36 Public safety on the Defence Estate and the MOD Access Forum 38 Goshawks on the Stanford Training Area (STANTA) 40 Archaeology spotlight, Marne Barracks, North Yorkshire 42 Worthy Down, protecting the past and the environment for future generations 44 Covenanter’s Wood, Reversing decline 45 Armoured Support for Grassland Management at Lulworth Ranges 46 Red Alert! Studying colour signals and predation risk in burnet moths 48 Public Access at Tain Training Centre, Dornach Firth, Scotland 49 Releasing red squirrels in the Ballykinler Training Area, Northern Ireland 50 Roman River Valley, removing invasives to encourage the return of ‘Ratty’ 52 Ogof Gofan, balancing recreational caving with protecting bats and archaeology 54 Ballykinler, Observing the Sons of Ulster as they marched towards the Somme 56 Ditching for dragonflies, at Foxlease Meadows and Ancells Farm 57 Whittington Ranges reinstated after a ten year closure 58 Early engagement is key to planning a successful military exercise 61 MOD hitting favourable targets on Salisbury Plain Training Area 62 Ballykinler Training Centre, Conservation below the radar 63 Merville Barracks Energy Consortium achieves a new energy first for MOD 64 Could the Salisbury Plain whinchats help us understand migrant bird declines? 66 DIO advisory leaflet invites dog walkers to paws for thought 67 Secondments, Developing staff and working with partners 68 Migratory tracks and an assembly site for tropical pelagic seabirds 70 AWE sustainability in action, pride, trust and innovation 72 Marsh fritillaries break all the rules at Castlemartin 73 Delivering social value across the Defence Training Estate 75 National Pollinator Strategy, five simple steps to help our bees Sanctuary Around the regions 76 Spotlight on Isle of Wight, Newtown Ranges Conservation Group 78 Wiltshire, MOD Boscombe Down 79 Merseyside, Altcar Training Camp 80 Essex, MDP Wethersfield 81 Lancashire, Holcombe Moor Training Area 82 Surrey, Ash Ranges 83 Wiltshire, Imber Conservation Group 84 Oxfordshire, Bicester Garrison 85 Kent and East Sussex, DIO SD Training South East 86 Northumberland, Otterburn Training Area 87 West Sussex, Thorney Island 88 Essex, Carver Barracks 90 Warwickshire, DM Kineton 91 North Yorkshire, Catterick Training Area 92 Wiltshire, Larkhill and Westdown 93 Anglesey, Wales, RAF Valley 94 Essex, Fingringhoe Ranges, Colchester 95 Northern Ireland, Ballykinler and Magilligan 96 Caithness, Scotland, Vulcan 97 Pembrokeshire, Castlemartin Range 98 Germany, Senne Training Area 99 2017 Sanctuary Awards, Nomination Process 100 Environmental Support & Compliance Update 101 Contacts SANCTUARY 45 2016 1
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