Moorland Association says ‘Predators rising, Birds disappearing’…but they would, wouldn’t they

The ‘Inglorious 12th’, the start of the grouse shooting season, is just days away. It’s absolutely no coincidence at all, then, that the Moorland Association (MA), the lobby group for grouse shooting estate owners, has published an article which essentially claims that everything they do (in terms of ‘predator control’) is good, and everything the […]
Reclaim Our Moors – protest walk against grouse shooting

Timed to coincide with the start of the grouse-shooting season on the Inglorious 12th, an anti-grouse shooting protest walk will be taking place in the Peak District National Park this coming Sunday (10 August 2025). Organised by the campaign group Reclaim Our Moors (which has already featured on this Substack – see Moscar Moor: a […]