Tags - Moorland

Glenfalloch is located in the Loch Lomond & the Trossachs Park extending to almost 10,000ha of predominantly moorland and upland with some 750ha of native broadleaf and Caledonian pine woodland.

It has...

150 land managers have signed a letter urging the Scottish Government to retain the use of humane cable restraints as it considers a ban on the use of traditional snares.

Humane cable restraints are...

The official start of the grouse season, the Glorious Twelfth , began in Scotland today, with sporting estates hoping for a good season following the difficult years of the pandemic and hot weather...

The official start of the grouse season, the Glorious Twelfth, begins tomorrow, with shooting parties taking to the moors across Scotland from the Lammermuirs in the south to the Dornoch Firth in the...

A new report concludes that, based on International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) environmental, social and economic definitions, moorland managed for grouse shooting provides greater...

At the SLE Annual Conference earlier this year, one of our case study video segments examined the purchase of Far Ralia by abrdn Property Income Trust Limited in September 2021.

In a new blog, Jason...

Scottish Land & Estates has given a cautious welcome to the Hunting with Dogs Bill, as passed yesterday after almost a year of Parliamentary process and a long Stage 3 debate.

All rural organisations...

A new training scheme to promote best practice in the use of muirburn has been backed by Scotland’s estates.

Organised by Lantra and recognised by NatureScot, Scotland’s nature agency, the training...

Rural businesses today welcomed The Glorious Twelfth  – the start of the grouse shooting season – and predicted a much-needed return of international visitors following the impact over two years of...

It is often forgotten that red grouse are wild birds living in an uncompromising moorland habitat.

Even their Greek trinomial name – Lagopus lagopus scotica – speaks to unique characteristics that...

Scottish Land & Estates, the rural business organisation, has responded to the latest unverified claims regarding the use of muirburn by land managers.  

Tim Baynes, Moorland Director, Scottish Land...

Responding to comments made by RSPB Scotland today (1 October 2021) in The Herald article Climate targets ‘at risk of going up in smoke’ over moor burns, a spokesperson for Scottish Land & Estates...