- Offbeat
There’s life all around you on the moor
BASC’s Gareth Dockerty reflects on recording the Moorland Chorus, and how you are never alone on a grouse moor.
- Offbeat
Splitting hares
Like buses, we have been waiting years for a formal population estimate of the Peak District mountain hare, and then two show up at once.
- Offbeat
Mountain hares thriving in the Peak District
Gareth Dockerty discusses the findings of a new study demonstrating success of mountain hares across Peak District grouse moors.
- Offbeat
Grouse-degradation
Does the phrase grouse-degradation suitably describe the systematic attacks on grouse shooting seen in the media and online? BASC’s Gareth Dockerty considers the issue…
- Features
A carbon king?
BASC’s Gareth Dockerty discusses the importance of British peatlands as a key carbon store.
- Offbeat
Finding the middle ground: our meeting with Olivia Blake MP
BASC invited Olivia Blake MP to visit her local grouse moor last week to discuss and observe the benefits of managed moorland.
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All trees are equal, but some are more equal than others
BASC’s Gareth Dockerty remarks on the similarities between the successful management of sand dunes and that of upland moorland landscapes.
- Offbeat
Let’s Learn Moor: tick mops and a famous ferret
BASC’s Gareth Dockerty reflects on a standout first day of Let’s Learn Moor 2021 from North York Moors National Park
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Five years on: the landslide grouse debate
Five years on from the last parliamentary debate on driven grouse shooting, yesterday’s Westminster debate was a showcase for the work being undertaken by landowners and gamekeepers, writes Gareth Dockerty.
