Grouse Shooting

Latest news, advice and opinion on grouse shooting in the UK.

Update from Defra on gamebird licensing

The Rt Hon Steve Barclay MP, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, has issued an update today on the arrangements...

Mar 1, 20241 min read

The grouse season – the time of year when this wild bird can be harvested for food – has ended on a high note with rural communities...

Dec 10, 20232 min read

Rural communities and businesses were today celebrating the Glorious 12th, the start of the grouse shooting season. Pubs, hotels, shops...

Aug 12, 20223 min read

MasterChef finalist Juanita Hennessey took to the moors today to prove that red grouse is one of the UK’s most sustainable foods. As the...

Aug 16, 20212 min read

The start of the grouse shooting season got under way today in the wake of new research that underlines the social, economic and...

Aug 12, 20212 min read

The Daily Telegraph reports on a forthcoming academic study on sustainability and grouse shooting Grouse shooting gives glorious boost to...

Aug 7, 20216 min read

Mark Cunliffe Lister, chairman of the Moorland Association, said: “The call for licensing of driven grouse shooting and the threat of a...

Oct 10, 20201 min read

University of Northampton researchers conduct wide-ranging survey into economic and social effects of the sport on moorland communities...

Aug 10, 20203 min read