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Hen harrier breeding attempts rose in 2026, but monitoring gaps remain. Why Natural England must work with the Moorland Association and keepers on recovery.

Defra figures show UK upland birds fell 19% since 1994. Site studies suggest legal predator control helps curlew, golden plover and other moorland birds recover.

Had a Natural England request for access to your land? Moorland Association advice on the England Ecosystem Survey, compliance assurances and safeguards to agree.

Langholm restored heather and several bird populations, but red grouse never recovered enough to make driven shooting financially viable.

The Moorland Association has joined rural groups urging Defra to extend its gamebird Call for Evidence deadline and clarify how practical evidence will be assessed.

We checked Rewilding Britain's wildfire report: no managed-land baseline, no fuel or severity data, and weak UK peat evidence. Six questions it must answer.

Our letter in The Times backs the call for more firefighters, and argues that prevention must also mean managing the vegetation that fuels wildfires.

The UN's disaster office backs controlled burning to prevent wildfires, as do G7 leaders. England still restricts it on heather moorland.

Large wildfires in England nearly doubled in 2026 and fire services used a record 12,125 appliances by August. What the data means for fuel management.

Natural England's 2005-07 survey shows Geltsdale's upland waders below the North Pennines average. What later evidence exists, and how can members help Defra?

All 15 UK National Parks accept nature recovery can raise fuel loads. Moorland wildfire policy must judge outcomes, not processes, and Section 25 needs review.

Natural England's 2026 SPA gamebird licence figures show why application and refusal statistics miss the real impact of upland regulation on moorland management.