Dear Natural England

Dear Natural England I’m planning to do some walking over  grouse moors during the grouse shooting season and I came across your very useful website as I was trying to plan my trips.  Living in Northamptonshire, my nearest grouse moors are in the Peak District National Park so that’s where I started my search. Your…

NT, grouse shooting and public access

I’m grateful to Andy Beer of the National Trust for his response on this blog this morning. NT, in deciding, rather unnecessarily in my view, to seek  ‘partners who can demonstrate how moorland management and shooting can deliver great nature conservation in a way that is compatible with public access’ open up some interesting questions to…