GWCT News Blog

In written evidence to a 2016 Parliamentary Committee, the RSPB stated that moorland drains were “cut in the 60s and 70s to improve grazing” for sheep. It is bizarre that they should now suggest that gamekeepers dug these drains for their grouse (RSPB accuses gamekeepers of deliberately drying land, July 5). 

Our response to a recent piece in The Sunday Times concerning the Saddleworth Moor fire, in which RSPB Senior Uplands Policy Officer, Pat Thompson is quoted.

We respond to George Monbiot's accusation in The Guardian that grouse shooting is responsible for the Saddleworth Moor fire.

We respond to a recent piece in The Guardian concerning insect declines by referencing findings from the Sussex Study, one of the most detailed and longest running studies of its type in the world.

We respond to a recent piece by Mary Colwell in The Guardian concerning the debate around predator control.

We respond to a recent piece in The Times blaming farmers for polluting the environment.

We respond to a recent piece in the Yorkshire Post on Bradford Council’s decision to end grouse shooting on Ilkley Moor.

We respond to a recent letter in The Guardian on the amount of public money needed to ensure England's soil is fit for farming.

We respond to a recent letter in The Courier, which suggested that pheasants were to blame for the spread of Lyme disease.

We respond to a recent piece written by George Monbiot for The Guardian about Britain's national parks.