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How MA members can submit estate bird counts, bag records and wildfire logs to Defra's gamebird Call for Evidence before 1 November 2026.

Beat, flank, pick up or shoot on a grouse moor? Here's how to answer Question 29 of Defra's game shooting Call for Evidence before 1 November 2026.

Not sure which Defra gamebird question to answer? Match the evidence you hold to the right question, and see what makes it useful, before 1 November 2026.

Defra's gamebird Call for Evidence closes 1 November 2026. Read the Moorland Association's draft response and guides to submitting your own evidence.

Greater Manchester’s Chief Fire Officer praises the Peak District Moorland Group and gamekeepers for their support during this summer’s devastating wildfires.

The Moorland Association publishes its draft response to Defra's gamebird Call for Evidence on grouse shooting. Members: send comments by 16 October.

Defra's Gamebird Call for Evidence closes 1 November 2026. Two Moorland Association guides show moor managers and uplands participants how to submit evidence.

The Moorland Association asks the RSPB to clarify what its reserve bird data reveal and how upland management outcomes should be assessed with transparent evidence.

UK curlew have fallen 49% since 1995. Four studies find keepered grouse moor fledges nearly four times as many chicks. Evidence for Defra's gamebird call.

Five golden eagles have fledged in southern Scotland, including the first from a translocated eagle nesting on a managed grouse moor.

Discover how Yorkshire Dales gamekeepers prevented 128 potential wildfires, protecting thousands of hectares of precious moorland habitat.

MPs on the EFRA Committee question ministers on moorland burning licences, peatland rewetting and support for land managers fighting upland wildfires.