We speak with Head Gamekeeper, Jimmy who says that he “has the opportunity to be a part of the world’s most successful conservation method which is moor management”

The heather covering the moorland is an important habitat. Short (young) heather provides food for sheep and red grouse, and shelter and nest sites for some ground-nesting birds. Taller (older) heather provides shelter and nest sites for birds and other wildlife. However, if left undisturbed, heather plants will live for over 20 years and the stems eventually become very tough and woody. Consequently, gamekeepers manage the heather by burning it when the stems get to about wellie-top height. They burn different patches each year in rotation, so that there are always areas of short heather and tall heather close together.

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