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TV naturalist forgets the facts in scathing attack of grouse moors: Our letter to the Independent

Why our beautifully-kept grouse moors should be celebrated not blasted: Our letter to the Salisbury Journal

Moor to be merry about when discussing our prized grouse moors: Our letter to The Guardian

Black grouse are disappearing

By Andrew Hoodless, GWCT Head of Research Black grouse are vanishing from our landscape. Once found across much of the UK, these remarkable birds are now restricted to only a few areas. We urgently need your help. With your support, our scientists can gather crucial data to guide conservation ef...

'Shooting helps to fund the rural communities that have been managing our precious heather grouse moors for generations': Our letter to The Telegraph

BBC looks into the decline in red grouse in Scotland

The decline in breeding pairs of red grouse in Scotland was highlighted on both TV and radio by the BBC this week. The GWCT’s 2025 spring count, which is part of our nationwide monitoring programme at 35 sites in the Angus, Borders, Dee/Donside, Highlands, Moray & Nairn, and Perthshire, showe...

GPS tagging black grouse in the North Pennines

By Holly Appleby, Species Recovery Project Assistant, Uplands Research In northern England, black grouse breed on the moor fringe, where females, also known as greyhens, often nest in rushy pastures and rear their chicks in rough grazings and grassy habitats. Unlike red grouse, hens rear chicks w...

Scotland: Red grouse health testing in 2024

By Felix Meister, D.Phil., Advisor Scotland The beginning of the new calendar year offers an opportunity to reflect on the results of the health testing in red grouse carried out by GWCT Advisory Services Scotland in 2024. Samples Red grouse are routinely monitored for the presence of strongyle ...

Factors influencing maternal condition in red grouse

Written by Leah Cloonan and Sam Rawlinson In the spring of this year the Upland Research Team in northern England returned to a project that previously ran in 2022 and 2023. The project looks at the maternal condition of red grouse and which factors affect their subsequent breeding success. Red g...

Our MPs' briefing for the parliamentary debate on banning driven grouse shooting

The GWCT policy team has briefed MPs ahead of the parliamentary debate triggered by the Wild Justice petition to ban driven grouse shooting. The petition gained more than 100,000 signatures required to prompt a debate, which will take place on Monday 30 June. The wording on the petition, which wi...