Grouse Shooting

Discover 5 ways grouse moors support threatened wildlife. Science reveals how management saves Curlews, Hen Harriers, and Mountain Hares from local extinction.

A new NRW report reveals the Welsh wildlife crisis. Discover why active moorland management beats rewilding in saving species from vegetation succession.

New research shows that ending grouse moor management and rising temperatures could cause major declines in red grouse, curlew and golden plover populations.

Clive Aslet recently wrote an article for The Telegraph in which he discusses the plan by the Wildlife Trusts and Northumberland Wildlife Trust, backed by Sir David Attenborough, to purchase the Rothbury Estate.

Britain’s grouse moors support threatened birds, protect against wildfires, and sustain rural communities, revealing a far more complex story than critics suggest.

Curlew, lapwing and golden plover thrive on managed grouse moors, where keeper-led conservation delivers rare bird success despite national declines.

Natural England has become the enemy of common sense. Instead of backing managers who want to improve their ground, it ties them up in red tape and demands they wait for science to catch up.

The RSPB’s continued demonisation of gamekeepers has led to an exchange of letters between the charity’s CEO and the Moorland Association.

On the Glorious Twelfth, Moorland Association CEO Andrew Gilruth was interviewed on Hugo Rifkind's Times Radio Show to discuss grouse shooting and grouse moor management.