This month, the Countryside Alliance brings our attention to a new study challenging the RSPB’s case for further restrictions on grouse shooting
A new study by scientists at the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) titled ‘An alternative view of moorland management for red grouse Lagopus lagopus scotica’, has publicly taken to task much of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds’ (RSPB) reasoning for further legislative restrictions on grouse shooting. The GWCT, drawing on their own scientific expertise, is highly critical of the RSPB’s position, stating ‘the case for such actions [further restrictions] is far from watertight’.
No grouse shooting, no moors!
The GWCT draws on a number of published papers that contribute to the ongoing discussion around moorland management, but that were not cited by the RSPB in their most recent article on the subject, a paper entitled ‘Environmental impacts of high-output driven shooting of red grouse Lagopus lagopus scotica’.
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RSPB gives mixed message on shooting
Having recently attended the RSPB’s virtual AGM, Conor O’Gorman discusses the outcome of the charity’s year-long review of game bird shooting
Causeway for concern
Alan Jarrett’s renewed interest in reading takes him down memory lane to an offshore island duck flight that very nearly ended in disaster
Through a purple patch
The Garrows Estate is taking a conservation-focused approach to restoring the wildlife populations and biodiversity on the Scottish heather moorland.
When the wheels fall off
Losing form on a day’s shooting can be infuriating, especially if you’ve been shooting like a god up to that point. Simon O’Leary looks at some common causes and how to remedy them
Beaches, books & bad behaviour!
The annual Kay family vacation to Northumberland offers a chance to give the cockers a blast on the beach – although they don’t always shower themselves in glory, as Ryan Kay recalls...
Using the Stop whistle
Now you’ve instilled the basics, it’s time to up the ante with some more tricky distance work. Howard Kirby explains how to take the core Stop whistle command to the next level
The humble teal
They may be tiny, but as far as Rupert Butler is concerned, the appeal of this little duck is huge. He recalls some of his most memorable nights in pursuit of these aerial acrobats
Fab all-rounder
Mike is impressed with the Fabarm Elos B2 Field Notte, which offers great value for money, is suited to fieldwork or clays and is future-proofed for use with steel in all choke constrictions
CALL OF THE WILD
Dom Holtam reconnects with one of the purest forms of shotgun shooting as he walks-up woodcock over pointing dogs in the Scottish Highlands
A yen for the Fens
Tony Jackson recounts a memorable duck flight over an area of Fenland in Norfolk with his friend and author, the late Alan Savory
