Muirburn is a useful land management tool and not only used on grouse moors; https://northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk/2023/02/09/the-controversial-practice-of-controlled-burning/

If they keep removing the native sheep flocks this is a real possibility

https://order-order.com/2025/04/02/guardianista-monbiot-parrots-false-claim-farmers-protests-delayed-ambulances/

https://order-order.com/2025/04/02/guardianista-monbiot-parrots-false-claim-farmers-protests-delayed-ambulances/

https://order-order.com/2025/04/02/guardianista-monbiot-parrots-false-claim-farmers-protests-delayed-ambulances/

https://order-order.com/2025/04/02/guardianista-monbiot-parrots-false-claim-farmers-protests-delayed-ambulances/

That part of the Mournes was never a Grouse moor so it wasn’t burnt, grazing pressure was relieved which led to a build up of dry matter

I don’t know why they still bump into things, I think it’s because they’re confused and disorientated by manmade lights, anyway it’s cool to see a comment on this, i forget I’d posted it on here!, I’ve since rewritten most of my natural history posts and published them on wordpress https://northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk/2023/09/08/the-clumsy-yet-crucial-cranefly/

Why are they apes? That’s very derogatory for someone that produces your food for longer hours and less than you or me earn, or do you think it just magically appears on the supermarket shelves? What would you do in their situation? Just bend over and take it? Maybe give them a reach around while you’re at it?

If the National Trust had carried out controlled burning on the Mournes prior to 2021 they wouldn’t have had the devastating fires that burnt half of the mountainside, it’s a useful land management tool if carried out properly https://northwestnatureandhistory.co.uk/2023/02/09/the-controversial-practice-of-controlled-burning/

So predictable, farming is under attack from many angles, not just IHT, they’re selling our countryside out from under our feet, are you happy about that?