BIRD OF PREY POPULATIONS THRIVING ON MANAGED MOORLAND
This year there have been numerous success stories for birds of prey on and around Scottish grouse moors. These examples demonstrate the clear advantage of active moorland management. The East Cairngorms Moorland Partnership is a collaboration between five estates – Balmoral, Glenavon, Glenlivet, Mar Lodge and Mar Lodge Estate – along with the Cairngorms National
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BBC Countryfile Magazine - Tim Baynes letter
Further to the article in your May issue ‘Should grouse moors be licensed?’, there are some assumptions about grouse moors that need to be corrected. The proposed licensing of grouse moors is, by the Scottish Government’s own admission, a very complex issue. There is no detail at present as to how it may work or
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MOORS THE PITY
By Ian Coghill, former GWCT chairman. His new book, ‘Moorland Matters’: The Battle for the Uplands against Authoritarian Conservation’ has now been published by Quiller. There is a battle for Britain’s grouse moors. The conservation industry is intent on acquiring control over their management because, they claim, they are in a parlous state. The RSPB,
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GROUSE MOORS AND ANDERS POVLSEN'S WILDLAND IN ALLIANCE OVER RAPTORS
A collection of Perthshire grouse moors and farms has formed an alliance with a major conservation body to advance eagle conservation in an area of past alleged persecution. The Tayside and Central Scotland Moorland Group (TCSMG) is teaming up with Wildland, the company established by Dane Anders Povlsen, the largest landowner in Scotland. The intention
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THE MOOR THE MERRIER AND HOW WE’RE GREEN AT HEART
Jenny McCallum, from Loch Ness Rural Communities, writes in the Mail on Sunday on her hopes that politicians will Support Moorland Life and recognise the great green work that is happening. By Jenny McCallum At last, we have been able to savour the splendour of rural Scotland over the past week or so. As the
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Controlled burning helps protect our precious moorlands
Blog written by Iain Hepburn of Dunmaglass Estate A very high to extreme risk of wildfire is in place across North-East, East and Central Scotland for the next few days and in Western Scotland there is an extreme risk of wildfire from 15th to 17th April. The Scottish Fire & Rescue Service is warning members
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The Scottish government’s city-centric agenda devalues Scotland
Today, 19th March 2021 has seen thousands of rural people join the rural workers protest online and share photos, videos and supportive messages calling for a recognition of their contribution to Scottish life. We are young and old, male and female, working in forestry, construction, haulage, hospitality, as ghillies, farmers, crofters, mechanics, taxi drivers, shepherds,
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Hare today, gone tomorrow?
Mark Ewart of the Southern Uplands Moorland Group believes the proponents of rewilding should engage with the debate over translocation of mountain hare in order to safeguard the future of this iconic species There has been huge debate in recent years over the number of mountain hare in Scotland and reports that they are facing
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GROUSE MOOR MANAGEMENT IS AN IMPERATIVE AND INTEGRAL PART OF PRESERVING THE COUNTRYSIDE
Jim Goodlad, gamekeeping and wildlife management lecturer at Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) Elmwood. Moorland, peatland, and rough grass types make up over 50% of upland Scotland. This supports upland Scotland in many ways – conservation benefits, the economic impact to local communities through employment, total expenditure, and holistic capital expenditure, everyone gets a bite at
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#Rural Businesses
The Gift of Grouse has been working with a wide variety of people and organisations with grouse moors at heart to help highlight the importance of the sector. Many local and remote businesses rely on the industry for business trade and tourism, offering a lifeline to so many people living in rural communities throughout Scotland,
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