• Grouse moor burning is now banned on blanket bog
• The burning season started on 1st October and runs until 15th April
• Please report all burning you see to Valerie.Wheeler@RSPB.org.uk – if possible with photos, videos and location info.
Grouse estates burn the moors to engineer optimal breeding habitat for red grouse – for their own profit.
A recent RSPB blog post reports that in June 2019, Natural England revoked agreements for grouse moors to burn over blanket bog.
We need to keep an eye out on the moors to see if the landowners respect this limitation on burning.