The GoG Blog

Gamekeepers and moorland managers throughout Scotland are at the forefront of combating the number of ticks in the countryside and ultimately the spread of Lyme disease. Tick control methods include sheep dipping and bracken spraying, as well as careful management of deer and hare numbers on grouse moors. With May being ‘Lyme Disease Awareness Month’

Gamekeepers and estates across Angus and Grampian have teamed up to provide meals of fresh local game for over 550 homeless and vulnerable people this Christmas. Over the past year Angus Glens Moorland Group and Grampian Moorland Group have been working with several community causes to supply healthy, free-range game meat to those with limited

Brian Grigor, head chef of Michelin starred Number One at The Balmoral Hotel, is supporting the efforts of the Gift of Grouse and Scotland’s regional moorland groups in highlighting the ‘hill-to-plate’ credentials of grouse to mark the start of Great British Game Week, 20th – 26th November 2017. Grouse has growing in popularity on the

Don’t kids love Halloween! But for working families of grouse keepers in the glens, making sure they aren’t missing out on all the fun (yet again) is a bit of an ask. Going round the doors to their pals’ houses for trick or treating or ‘guising’ isn’t easy if you live a few miles up

By tweed designer, Araminta Campbell My passion with tweed all started back at school when a new textile teacher arrived and got me hooked on textile design and I’ve never looked back. Having grown up on the Altries Estate near Aberdeen, I love the outdoors and designing tweed for estates is a particular passion of

On July 16, The Scottish Mail on Sunday examined the review announced by the Scottish Government that is to look at grouse moor management. That review will also look at proposals for a licensing scheme for grouse estates. As part of their coverage, the paper carried an excellent opinion column from the Speyside Moorland Group. That column

Some of Scotland’s leading chefs have agreed to provide The Gift of Grouse with appetising recipes to make the most of the grouse season come the Glorious 12th. First on the list is Martin Wishart who has created Roast Grouse with Braised Cabbage, Celeriac Puree and Sauce Albert. Martin Wishart likes to feature grouse at all his

An increasing number of Scottish grouse moors are becoming involved in the “Heads Up For Harriers” project run by PAWScotland and Scottish Natural Heritage.  The following article, written for Shooting Times magazine by Tim Baynes of the Scottish Moorland Group, examines what the cameras installed on nests over the last two years have discovered. Have you

By Tim Baynes, Director of the Scottish Moorland Group The shooting community was pleased to see the press release from RSPB, Scottish Raptor Study Groups and the Scottish Wildlife Trust calling for a progressive partnership.  The press release marks a welcome change from some of the recent comment and allegations and backs up our community’s approach,

There is currently an army of gamekeepers and local fire services who work together to stop the spread of wildfires in the warmer, dryer summer months. To prevent such fires taking place gamekeepers have been busy carrying out seasonal burning and cutting of heather to remove over-dominant vegetation and enable the heather to regenerate healthily.