Mark Gallagher, head keeper on a moor in the area, said that his shoot would not be out for a single day this year. On average, they would have about 16 days and last year, they had a record season.

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Posh food supermarket Marks and Spencer has announced that it won’t be selling grouse this year because it is unable to find enough birds that have been ethically shot. What a condemnation of those ...

Kate Middleton and Prince William capped off the summer with a traditional grouse shoot on Queen Elizabeth’s Scottish estate, Balmoral Castle, last weekend. The couple wasn’t just joined by ...