News, Views, Season Reports, and Items of Interest From Darbishire Sports

The outlook across the northern English grouse moors remains mixed, with significant regional variation in habitat condition and grouse numbers. The North Pennines heather and grouse seem to have bounced back well this year, the Dales remains mixed and localised, and the North York Moors have been affected the worst. I gather that Scotland is mixed as usual, with heavy tick burdens this year but some areas of Scotland are back up to full capacity which is very encouraging. Th

The outlook for red grouse in Spring 2026 is encouraging, with stocks showing clear improvement following last year...

It only feels like yesterday that we were out on a Moor in November shooting grouse and within the blink of an eye, we are back to the...

We have always tried to put a positive spin on the grouse stocks to give people some hope and encouragement that there will be something...