2020

The Uplands team are pleased to deliver some new research from the Langholm Moor Demonstration Project.

The Uplands team are pleased to deliver some new research. Please see below abstracts from two of our published papers from this year.

Scotland hosts two thirds of the remaining 5,000 black grouse males in the UK, where they occupy moorland and woodland fringe habitats. The last national survey in 2005 identified overall stability in northern areas, but 49% and 69% declines in the southeast and southwest.

For many years, the GWCT and others have used a figure of 75% for the percentage of upland heather moorland found in the UK. Some have questioned the basis of that estimate and we discuss it here.

This week saw the 12th North of England Grouse Seminar in Harrogate, run by the GWCT’s Uplands Research Team. Almost 200 delegates with a wide variety of backgrounds gathered to listen to the most up-to-date science around moorland management.

The GWCT Uplands Team are delighted to deliver an updated version of our medicated grit best practice guidelines.