Where can Harriers, Leopards and Scorpions be found with Red Kite, Wild Boar and Tiger Beetle? The answer: Sennelager, a NATO training ground in North Germany where British soldiers exercise with a spectacular armoury that makes this a truly blasted heath. And yet the wildlife, far from being discouraged by the batteries, actually flourishes here. How and why it does is examined in this year-round portrait of a most unlikely nature reserve.

BBC Bristol .