Grouse Shooting & Management

Derbyshire farmer Geoff Eyre shares over 30 years of Peak District moorland restoration: cool burning, heather from seed, bracken control and wildfire prevention.

Natural England refused or restricted SSSI consent? Our new guide explains the two-month appeal deadline, the evidence to gather and whether you need a solicitor.

Gamekeepers on the North York Moors counted 46 merlin fledglings this summer, up 70% on 2025, in the eighth year of their own annual merlin count.

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.

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.

Lord Botham on Defra's plan to licence shoots: black grouse up 61% on keepered moors, down 38% on RSPB land. Why officials shouldn't hold the power to close estates.

Defra's Call for Evidence on gamebird release and shooting is open until 1 November. What it asks, what it isn't, and how moorland managers can respond.