Moorland Monitors are a grassroots community network working to protect persecuted wild species and wild spaces on driven grouse shooting estates, such as those west of Sheffield, from Langsett in the north around to Baslow in the south. Grouse moors are not ‘natural’, instead the industry of driven grouse shooting relies on the destruction of wildlife and habitat, often including criminal acts such as illegal poisoning, trapping, snaring and land damage. All of these crimes have taken place in our national parks – areas which should be havens for wildlife.

In the combined area of England and Scotland around 8% is grouse moors, an artificial habitat, intensively managed, often by regular burning-off to kill growing trees and grass in favour of heather. This removes natural landscape for predators and other birds and animals, preventing wildness, forest and bog regeneration, and ecotourism.

Moorland Monitors document wildlife crime and cruelty, they evidence environmental destruction and advocate for the uplands.