‘Glorious Twelfth’ on the brink across UK after poor grouse breeding season

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Hard frosts, sleet and cold rain during hatching season earlier in summer has caused loss of entire broods

A grouse on the Rottal Moor estate in Kirriemuir, Scotland, on the Glorious Twelfth in 2020. This year many estates are postponing or even cancelling their seasons.A grouse on the Rottal Moor estate in Kirriemuir, Scotland, on the Glorious Twelfth in 2020. This year many estates are postponing or even cancelling their seasons.The “Glorious Twelfth” may be effectively cancelled this year, shooting estates have said, as the grouse breeding season has been so poor.

 

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Think we could persuade them to shoot each other instead? Do the world a favour...

Sounds like responsible population management, as part of the wider role of caretaking the moors

Switch the prey to “boats in the channel” great season for asylum seekers!

Glorious for what, certainly not the grouse...good.

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