Grouse Shooting & Management

The Moorland Association urges the Labour Rural Research Group to recognise active upland management as essential to a thriving rural economy and nature recovery.

The Moorland Association escalates UK Merlin Survey concerns to Natural England, urging members to withhold access consent until vital data safeguards are met.

Survey data reveals gamekeepers made tens of thousands of interventions to protect moorland in a single year, with no public funding and no enforcement powers.

Discover how active moorland management and gamekeepers protect UK peatlands, prevent catastrophic wildfires, boost biodiversity, and drive the rural economy.

The UK is facing a record wildfire year. Our response to EFRA's call for evidence: trust the land managers, restore controlled burning, end the policy gap.

Curlews are four times more likely to fledge on keepered grouse moors. This World Curlew Day, the evidence for active moorland management is overwhelming.

Is Natural England reclassifying your SSSI land as 'wet heath'? Discover how WFAs impact moorland management and share your experience to help us take action.

Environment Agency-backed research shows blanket bogs vary naturally in wetness and vegetation - raising serious questions about how Natural England classifies them as "degraded" or "intact."

Who pays for English moorland management? Explore how private funding protects carbon stores, prevents wildfires, and secures the future of rare breeding waders.

Labour's Land Use Framework threatens vital private conservation on grouse moors. Learn how game shooting protects curlews and saves taxpayers £1.3bn.

Discover how managed moorlands and dedicated gamekeepers are helping the merlin, the UK's smallest falcon, thrive despite national decline.

Discover the truth about England's peatland emissions. Grouse moors account for just 2.3%, while lowland farming drives 92%. Explore the GWCT data.