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Thursday, 14 May 2009 |
 In April 2009 the Countryside Alliance submitted a response to the Commission for Rural Communities inquiry into the future for England’s upland communities. Download the submission here
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Tuesday, 14 April 2009 |
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The Alliance wants your voice heard on the future of England’s uplands communities
.jpg "Grouse moors") The uplands are treasured and unique areas that provide multiple benefits to society. From purple moorlands to craggy rock scared fells, they feature some of our most iconic landscapes, distinctive history, traditions and cultural heritage. They are also home to some of the hardiest communities, many of whom through farming and grouse shooting play a vital role in managing these landscapes so treasured by the public. But what does the future hold for these communities and what is needed to secure their future sustainability?
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Friday, 27 March 2009 |
 Heather moorlands are rarer than rainforest and found mainly in Britain. Managing this unique habitat and ensuring its survival for future generations is of paramount importance.
This award-winning free DVD, which gives an insight into this iconic landscape, is an ideal educational resource which can help young people make sense of the world around them and the environment in which they live. It is also of relevance to topics taught in Key Stage Three Science, Geography and English and gives a well-rounded overview of moorland management for those studying countryside management in Further and Higher Education.
In the DVD - which comes with an accompanying booklet giving supplementary information about the habitat, management, the Red Grouse and other upland birds - Adam meets gamekeeper Fred after becoming separated from his school party on the moors. On the journey to reunite Adam with his school minibus, Fred takes time to teach him about the moorlands - the landscape, the wildlife it supports, the birds that need protecting, the importance of sustainable management and the need to maintain a balance to ensure this unique habitat is saved for generations to come.
To watch "The Keeper" visit: http://www.moorlandassociation.org/education.asp
Or to order a copy of the DVD go to: http://www.moorlandassociation.org/dvd_order.asp
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Tuesday, 24 February 2009 |
 The red grouse Lagopus lagopus is unique to the United Kingdom. A lot of people do not realise that they are also truly wild, and that unlike pheasant and partridge, its population is not maintained or increased by the release of birds which have been hatched or reared in captivity. They are only found in those areas that are dominated by heather moorland, and live on the moor all year round. Red grouse are also very territorial, and their particular vulnerability to predation, disease, weather and loss of suitable habitat has a significant impact on their survivability. |
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Friday, 09 January 2009 |
 Countryside Alliance Chief Executive Simon Hart reports on our positive efforts for hen harrier conservation: The grouse-shooting season, which closed last month, was in some areas the best for many years. A good grouse year is of enormous benefit both to the rural economy, and to the moorland environment. Natural England’s attack on grouse shooting interests before Christmas was, therefore, not only disappointing, but also unhelpful to the continued conservation of upland Britain.
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Monday, 08 December 2008 |
 In 1999, the Government set a target of reversing the national decline in farmland birds by 2020. This was to be measured by the collective population trends of just 19 bird species that were deemed by the RSPB to be most dependent on farmland in the UK – the Farmland Bird Index. But many believe that the Index presents an incomplete picture of wild bird abundance on British farmland, for the RSPB has drawn a line between birds found only on farmland, and those found elsewhere too.....
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Friday, 14 November 2008 |
A new study by the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust shows that the loss of gamekeepering on Langholm Moor not only caused red grouse stocks to plummet, but also led to both the demise of many important wader populations, and the Hen Harrier.
The study, ‘The direct and indirect effects of predation by Hen Harriers on trends in breeding birds on a Scottish moor’, which has recently been published in the science journal IBIS, compared 10 species of breeding moorland birds both whilst the moor was managed by gamekeepers, and after gamekeeping ceased in 1999. It provides the most accurate and up to date monitoring of breeding birds at Langholm since the end of the Joint Raptor Study in 1997.
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