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Red grouse are wild game birds, but they are susceptible to population cycles where numbers peak and crash, which are often driven by disease. These cycles can make it difficult to achieve a consistent shootable surplus, which also means that income, which helps offset some of the costs of managi...
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The illegal killing of several species of birds of prey (raptors), including golden eagle, peregrine and particularly hen harriers has repeatedly been shown to occur on grouse moors, especially those managed for driven shooting. The conflict is well researched but remains unresolved, and there ar...
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Although sometimes imagined as an open, uniform expanse of moorland, the UK’s uplands actually consist of a variety of environments and habitats, supporting different activities across the landscape. Farming, forestry, grouse moors, deer management, wind farms and nature reserves are all found in...
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Introduction
Strongyle worms: biology, life cycle and effects
Worm counts
Reducing worms
Summary
Introduction
The cause of regular crashes in the numbers of red grouse has been of considerable interest for many years to those involved with ...
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After spending 46 years researching and advising in the uplands, we support grouse moor management for three primary reasons:
The habitat management undertaken on grouse moors preserves and enhances heather-dominated habitats.
The package of management, notably habitat enhancement along with pre...
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The illegal killing of several species of birds of prey, including golden eagle, peregrine and particularly hen harriers has repeatedly been shown to occur on grouse moors, especially those managed for driven shooting. The conflict is well researched but remains unresolved, and there are still ga...
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This work was made possible with the kind support of The G & K L B Boyes Charitable Trust
Key points
UK populations of several wader species are rapidly declining, most likely due to low breeding success.
Predation of eggs and chicks by generalist predators is thought to be a key driver of l...
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Key points
Grouse moors help preserve the heather-dominated moorland landscapes that many value in the uplands, slowing heather loss compared to areas not managed for grouse.
Grouse moors provide important refuges for many moorland ground-nesting birds such as curlew and golden plover, because o...
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Lagopus lagopus scotica
The red grouse is a bird of heather moorland with a range restricted to areas of blanket bog and upland shrub heath. It is a subspecies of the willow grouse (L. l. lagopus), whose range extends across the northern latitudes of Europe, Asia and North America. The red grouse...
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Grouse shooting in the UK occurs in two main forms: driven shooting and walked-up, often over dogs. Driven shooting typically requires higher grouse densities, and this needs more effective management. The scale and impact of this management is the issue that provokes much of the debate around gr...
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