Blogs

For many years, the GWCT and others have used a figure of 75% for the percentage of upland heather moorland found in the UK. Some have questioned the basis of that estimate and we discuss it here.

Find out more about our new collection of case studies of pioneering conservationists in the uplands.

This week saw the 12th North of England Grouse Seminar in Harrogate, run by the GWCT’s Uplands Research Team. Almost 200 delegates with a wide variety of backgrounds gathered to listen to the most up-to-date science around moorland management.

George Monbiot forgot to mention that controlled winter heather burning (Opinion, 12 February) has been used for thousands of years to create and protect our open heather moorlands.

The GWCT Uplands Team are delighted to deliver an updated version of our medicated grit best practice guidelines.

GWCT Uplands placement student Sandy Jasper describes a busy two months since she began working with the Trust.

Watch this short video of GWCT Director of Communications Andrew Gilruth providing an update on hen harrier numbers in 2019

Patrick Barkham is wrong to claim that the management of hen harrier broods is “to placate grouse moor owners”.