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This footage of a female hen harrier was filmed recently by a volunteer raptor worker who collaborates with a head gamekeeper and Natural England.

Geoff Eyre, winner of the Innovation in Conservation category of the 2025 Schöffel Countryside Awards, explains the importance of controlled ‘cool’ burning for the health of the UK’s moorlands.

Watch dramatic footage of a snow rescue carried out by local gamekeeper Lewis and farmer Stephen Swaledale.

Discover why active moorland management is vital for wildlife. See how gamekeeping protects biodiversity, prevents wildfire, and saves ground-nesting birds.

Discover how active gamekeeping and predator control saved the Curlew in Glenwherry. A record-breaking success story for practical moorland conservation.

Dr Andreas Heinemeyer’s long-term research challenges assumptions about moorland burning, showing that evidence - not opinion - must guide peatland management decisions.

Brazil’s Cerrado is reintroducing controlled burning after a ban led to severe wildfires. This summary explains what went wrong and how planned fire protects people and habitats.

Controlled burning of Scotland's moorlands protects peat and prevents wildfires. Discover why muirburn might be essential for fighting climate change.

A look at the successful Grey Partridge reintroduction on the Forest of Bowland moorland, using traditional rearing under bantams by dedicated gamekeepers.

The things you come across on a grouse moor. The pictures need few words. An adder, stoat, grey partridges and a greyhen. All filmed by gamekeepers.

Natural England expects rocky moorland to be cut by machine, an impossible task that leaves dangerous, unburnable heather increasing wildfire risks.

A severe heather beetle outbreak has forced moor keepers to burn young heather early to aid regeneration and reduce wildfire risk - vital, expert-led management.