The last UK-wide survey of black grouse was carried out in 2005, and it estimated the overall population at 5,100 males, with 3,400 in Scotland, 1,500 in England and 200 in Wales.

Twenty black grouse have, under a licence from Natural England, successfully been translocated from their stronghold in the North Pennines to the North York Moors by researchers from the Game and ...

Black grouse are red listed as a species of high conservation concern. The project will involve capturing the birds at night and relocating them immediately to a specially selected site on the ...

A project to reintroduce black grouse to the North York Moors after nearly 200 years has begun. Conservationists say the birds are largely restricted to the North Pennines, between the Yorkshire ...

The charity warned black grouse were continuing to decline locally and regionally, with less than 100 lekking males recorded in the Scottish Borders in 2022 and last year.

The last UK-wide survey of black grouse was carried out in 2005, and it estimated the overall population at 5,100 males, with 3,400 in Scotland, 1,500 in England and 200 in Wales.

Black grouse are red listed as a species of high conservation concern. The project will involve capturing the birds at night and relocating them immediately to a specially selected site on the ...

Male black grouse counted in the Affric Highlands in 2024, up from 378 in 2021. The project now aims to use future surveys to confirm whether the upward trend in bird numbers is steady, and will ...

The Affric Highlands is a 30-year initiative aimed at restoring habitats over half-a-million acres from Loch Ness to the west coast.