Inglorious Twelfth? Calls for grouse season to be banned to prevent wildfires and peatland damage
Wildfires have been raging across the UK, burning habitats and incinerating wildlife. Photograph: Wild Dales Photography/Simon Phillpotts/AlamyView image in fullscreenA red grouse in heather moorland. Photograph: Wild Dales Photography/Simon Phillpotts/AlamyRural affairsInglorious Twelfth?
- ▪Wildfires have been raging across the UK, burning habitats and incinerating wildlife.
- ▪Photograph: Wild Dales Photography/Simon Phillpotts/AlamyView image in fullscreenA red grouse in heather moorland.
- ▪Photograph: Wild Dales Photography/Simon Phillpotts/AlamyRural affairsInglorious Twelfth?
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| Canonical URL | https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/aug/12/inglorious-twelfth-calls-grouse-season-banned-prevent-wildfires-peatland-damage |
| Publication time | Wed, 12 Aug 2026 12:19:57 GMT |
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A red grouse in heather moorland. Wildfires have been raging across the UK, burning habitats and incinerating wildlife. Photograph: Wild Dales Photography/Simon Phillpotts/AlamyView image in fullscreenA red grouse in heather moorland. Wildfires have been raging across the UK, burning habitats and incinerating wildlife. Photograph: Wild Dales Photography/Simon Phillpotts/AlamyRural affairsInglorious Twelfth? Calls for grouse season to be banned to prevent wildfires and peatland damageAs London restaurants say wild birds are smaller and fewer this year, experts say countryside should not be ‘playground for bloodsports’Helena HortonWed 12 Aug 2026 08.19 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleEvery year on 12 August, fans of traditional British cuisine flock to plush restaurants in Mayfair to…
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