For further information about the Moorland Association, please get in touch with:
Chairman, Nick Downshire
Tel. 01765 689944
Director, Amanda Anderson
Well Spring Barn
Austwick
Lancaster
LA2 8AN
Tel. 0845 4589786
Mob. 07979 851123
For media enquiries
Ramsay Smith and Chris Carter.
Media House International
Tel. 0207 710 0020
75% of of the world’s remaining heather moorland is found in Britain – but this area declined alarmingly over the latter part of the last century. The Moorland Association was set up in 1986 to coordinate the efforts of moorland owners and managers to halt this loss, particularly in England and Wales.
Landmark survey reveals moorland birds are thriving A new survey of breeding birds in the Peak District National Park has shown a positive trend in numbers of endangered species. Populations of 16 bird species in the Peak District are up, in contrast to national trends from the UK Government’s State of Nature 2019 report. Out of the 29 species sighted, the numbers […]
Moorland Association respond to RSPB game bird shooting review announcement The Moorland Association, which represents moorland owners and managers in England, today urged the RSPB to be ‘fair and factual’ in the review of game shooting it plans to conduct. Responding to the announcement of the review at the RSPB AGM, Amanda Anderson, director of the Moorland Association, said: “There are hundreds of people within […]
