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Gamekeeper Returns To Langholm Moor
Today marks #WorldCurlewDay - just one of the red-listed species we have been drawing attention to as part of this month’s #RedAlert campaign.
In our latest film, we explore land use change in the Southern Uplands and its impact on red-listed species like the Curlew.
Tarras Valley Nature Reserve - formally Langholm Moor - was purchased as part of a community buy-out in 2021. It used to be a driven grouse moor, and for many years was managed as part of the Langholm Moor Demonstration Project.
Jamie used to be a gamekeeper on Langholm Moor when the project was ongoing. In our film, he returns to the moor to provide his reflections on what has changed since the community buyout….
#Langholm #LangholmMoor #TarrasValleyNatureReserve #Gamekeeper #GrouseMoor #Moorland
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Not Just Gamekeepers
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🎥 Today, we proudly unveil our latest film, "Not Just Gamekeepers"! In this film, we shed light on the sometimes overlooked jobs on sporting estates that are vital in sustaining our rural communities. Join us in celebrating the diverse talents of these unsung heroes, both men and women, who work tirelessly to preserve Scotland's natural heritage. As we celebrate International Women's Day, "Not ...
Enough Is Enough
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In the vast landscapes of our moorlands, a powerful story unfolds. "Enough Is Enough" is more than a film; it's a call to empower rural workers, especially gamekeepers, whose tireless efforts contribute immeasurably to our biodiversity, economy, and local communities. Gamekeepers are the unsung heroes working tirelessly every day, ensuring red-listed species thrive in the habitats they carefull...
Burning Hills, Brave Hearts: How Rural Workers Helped Tackle the Cannich Wildfire! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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The crucial role that gamekeepers, stalkers and rural workers played in tackling the huge wildfire at Cannich is being explained in our new film below! Yesterday gamekeepers spoke to Kate Forbes MSP, of the role they played alongside the Scottish Fire & Rescue Service, providing expert knowledge as well as estates supplying vital equipment such as argocats, fogging units and leaf blowers to tac...
Young Shepherdess Inspires Us All - Estates That Educate
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Hayley MacDonald aged 14 from Friockheim in Angus has been appointed as the first young ambassador for Estates that Educate, the rural education initiative run by Scotland’s regional moorland groups. From knowing almost nothing about farming or upland management Hayley has developed a passion for sheep farming, has two lambs of her own and has shared her enthusiasm with other children. Hayley M...
MSPs WARN AGAINST RESTRICTING MUIRBURN
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Liam Kerr MSP, Shadow Cabinet Secretary for net zero, energy and transport, with fellow MSPs Maurice Golden and Tess White, warned that restricting muirburn could have a devastating effect on rural Scotland and the environment, during a visit to Glen Lethnot on Monday. Read The Full Press Release Here: www.scot-rmg.co.uk/post/msps-warn-against-restricting-muirburn-video
FOR PEAT’S SAKE, WILL YOU LISTEN? - Full Film
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FOR PEAT’S SAKE, WILL YOU LISTEN? The Scottish Government is seeking to ban muirburn on peatlands. The indication is that this will be on all areas with a peat depth of 40cm or more. We are fearful that Scottish Government could regulate muirburn in a way that will be detrimental to the aim of keeping carbon in our peatlands - which we want, too- and detrimental for wildfire mitigation. We call...
It's Not About Grouse - An Interview With Calum Kippen - FOR PEAT'S SAKE
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“It’s not about Grouse! These large areas which are now under regeneration, if Muirburn or ‘prescribed’ burning was carried out in those areas it would then provide us with natural firebreaks where it would be much much easier to fight the fires” Full interview with Calum Kippen from Bright Spark Burning Techniques Film Kirk Norbury Filmmaker & Photographer in conjunction with Scottish Gamekeep...
What The Fire Service Have To Say About Muirburn! FOR PEAT'S SAKE
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Listen to Bruce Farquharson from Scottish Fire and Rescue Service explain the importance of Muirburn as a land management tool, especially in regards to wildfire prevention. “To help us prepare for wildfires in the future there's some really important things that we can do in conjunction with gamekeepers and land managers. We really want to work closely with them to understand how our skills ca...
An Interview With Dr Rob Marrs - FOR PEAT'S SAKE
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🔥HEATHER BURNING IS ONE TOOL TO HELP MITIGATION OF WILDFIRE🔥 The next installation of our “For Peat’s Sake” campaign in conjunction with SGA - An interview with Plant Ecologist and Professor at the University of Liverpool, Dr Rob Marrs. #forpeatssake #controlledburning #muirburnmonth #protectoorpeat #practitionersprotectpeat #scottishpeatland #srmg #sga #scotgov
An Interview With Marc Castellnou - For Peat's Sake
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🔥 FIRE IS NATURAL TO OUR ECOSYSTEM 🔥 “ As a generation we have to carry on as much biodiversity and processes as possible and bring back the fire as a natural process is a must!” - Europe’s leading expert in wildfire analysis, Marc Castellnou. For Peat’s Sake, part 2! In conjunction with The Scottish Gamekeepers Association
FOR PEAT'S SAKE - Trailer
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Controlled burning is an essential management tool across a range of land management sectors! Follow our series “For Peat’s Sake”, in conjunction with Scottish Gamekeepers Association SGA, throughout February and listen to the experts tell you exactly why it should be safe guarded by the Scottish Government.
For Peat's Sake - An Interview With Dr Andreas Heinemeyer
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For Peat’s Sake 🔥 One month. One strong campaign. One clear message - Protect our Peatlands! A series of films and interviews with experts who know the importance of muirburn to support carbon capture, boost biodiversity and reduce wildfire risk on peatland. Here is what Associate Professor, Dr Andreas Heinemeyer of the Stockholm Environment Institute at the University of York has to say….
It's Family That Matters - Generation Game Episode 5
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GENERATION GAME || FAMILY The final episode is here! We close the series with a discussion on family and how the skillset of the rural worker is handed down through the generations within the family, carrying on traditions and adapting to modern changes within the industry.
Hunting With Dogs - The Unintended Consequences
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HUNTING WITH DOGS : THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES We specially commissioned a short film, in conjunction with BASC Scotland and The Kennel Club, on the unintended consequences of the Hunting with Dogs Bill on field trials and rough shooting. Yesterday we hosted an event in Scottish Parliament and invited MSPs along to view the film and meet with our representatives, so we could discuss our collec...
Highlights from the Highlands! - MOY GAME FAIR
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Highlights from the Highlands! - MOY GAME FAIR
EQUIPMENT - Generation Game Episode 4
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EQUIPMENT - Generation Game Episode 4
Heather Burning In Scotland - Generation Game Episode 3
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Heather Burning In Scotland - Generation Game Episode 3
Changes Within The Shooting Industry - Generation Game Episode 2
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Changes Within The Shooting Industry - Generation Game Episode 2
Gamekeepers From Across Scotland Gather! Generation Game Episode 1
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Gamekeepers From Across Scotland Gather! Generation Game Episode 1
Scottish Game Fair 2022 - Moorland Groups Have Done It Again!
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Scottish Game Fair 2022 - Moorland Groups Have Done It Again!
Gamekeepers Teaching Kids - Estates That Educate
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Gamekeepers Teaching Kids - Estates That Educate
FLAG’S UP! AND THAT’S A WRAP! - Scottish Game Fair 2021
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FLAG’S UP! AND THAT’S A WRAP! - Scottish Game Fair 2021
GLORIOUS 12th! - NOTORIOUS FIR BEING GLORIOUS
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GLORIOUS 12th! - NOTORIOUS FIR BEING GLORIOUS
IPHONE vs FIRE! HEATHER BURNING MISCONCEPTIONS
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IPHONE vs FIRE! HEATHER BURNING MISCONCEPTIONS
OUR RURAL VOICE - The Countryside Speaks!
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OUR RURAL VOICE - The Countryside Speaks!
Game For Giving 2020
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Game For Giving 2020
Estates That Educate
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Estates That Educate
Mars Bar vs Muirburn - The Full Take
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Mars Bar vs Muirburn - The Full Take
Will it Muirburn? MARS BAR VS HEATHER BURNING!
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Will it Muirburn? MARS BAR VS HEATHER BURNING!

Komentáře

  • @dondle2
    @dondle2 Před měsícem

    What is the world coming to, we are all doomed. The influence of the GREEN idiots on the townie politicians will be the end of sustainable rural life in Scotland. I thankfully will be dead in a few years, God help the younger generations.

  • @kevingray5646
    @kevingray5646 Před měsícem

    This is pure propaganda…I’m afraid that gamekeeping is a Victorian occupation, what did nature do before them? Answer…it did what nature does best. This so called ‘land management’ has always been destructive. The wild cat was saved from extinction a hundred years ago because so many gamekeepers died in the trenches. Wildfires happen on ex grouse moor because of Victorian drains, burning causing heather to dominate, total destruction of the mosaic of upland habitats. Do the estates put these hillsides back to the way they would naturally be? No…that would cost them. Who paid for this unashamed propaganda?

  • @jamesrattray8548
    @jamesrattray8548 Před měsícem

    It’s interesting that the profession is called”Game Keeping”, what is the game? Shooting our fellow creatures we share this planet with? I am certain there are lots of things keepers do is great. Always a matter of balance.

  • @cliveclerkenville2637
    @cliveclerkenville2637 Před měsícem

    Odd use of language. “Community Buy Out”. The community appears to care less.

  • @MrPh30
    @MrPh30 Před měsícem

    It will bring good balance to the wild lands with a keeper around and the whole eco system will thrive so much better

  • @purplemonkeyelephant
    @purplemonkeyelephant Před 2 měsíci

    What did all these ground nesting birds do for millions of years before gamekeepers existed to kill all the predators en masse and burn the heather? 🤔

    • @irishtrapper1961
      @irishtrapper1961 Před 2 měsíci

      For millions of years, there was natural habit for all the animals to live in. Now man has taken that habit away and has only left small pockets of natural habit. Predators thrive in the overpopulated world, were as song birds and the majority of other species don't .

    • @timhoward5863
      @timhoward5863 Před měsícem

      There were far fewer of them. They thrived in a small number of areas where there were either few predators or those predators were in some way controlled. The information presented in this video is not new-we have known about the positive effects of land management for years. Trouble is, you won't hear about this from the likes of Chris Packham upon whom you doubtless rely for your understanding of nature.

    • @brimstone260
      @brimstone260 Před měsícem

      Existed in lesser numbers.

    • @purplemonkeyelephant
      @purplemonkeyelephant Před měsícem

      @@timhoward5863 Wow, you have curlew population numbers going back thousands and millions of years? I'd love to see that source

    • @naturestimeline
      @naturestimeline Před měsícem

      They certainly didn’t have millions more people around back then. They were better educated then on the countryside and how it was and still is necessary to maintain both habitats and species populations by legal means. Now despite me being a townie myself I do realise I don’t have to tell people from the countryside how to do their job whilst still enjoying the countryside and its wildlife.

  • @johnbrown3951
    @johnbrown3951 Před 2 měsíci

    That was a very informative and thought provoking insight into the Scottish Countryside. I was in a past life twenty five years ago a keen game shooter and Salmon angler and took a great interest in my local estates and the workings of them. I was very friendly with a number of Game Keepers and Bailiffs and regularly toured estates watching wildlife and protecting wildlife from Crows and Foxes. We as a Country need to find a balance in re wilding, Countryside Access and pest control and the powers at be need to listen to the guys on the ground i.e. the Gamekeepers as they are the ones that know how to look after our heritage not politicians or guys in suits based in London. Surely in this example it would have made sense to keep on the Keepers and re task them as Land & Game custodians rather than move them on. One of the Estates I shot over was handled by a Trust as the Land Owner had died and even though good parts of it were deemed a triple SI it was still run as a shoot for guests of the previous owner managed by a local keeper with an abundance of ground nesting birds, raptors and some grouse on a small moor due to effective vermin control. I liked and subscribed and look forward to future content. I felt empathy with that young keeper looking over his former patch being mismanaged by it's new custodians that have decimated it of the birds they were trying to nurture.

  • @alanpeachey4085
    @alanpeachey4085 Před 2 měsíci

    In Australia we have a lot of foxes but our biggest problem is wildcats of course they make devastating damage to burl. They are cunning. They are difficult to trap and they take a long period of time to set up so you can actually get all of them that are in a group, we don’t want to miss anyone especially Wildcats so big in Australia down under

  • @bert97276
    @bert97276 Před 2 měsíci

    Channel owner - pleased explain what is your reason for deleting two of my (reasonable and polite) comments?

    • @purplemonkeyelephant
      @purplemonkeyelephant Před 2 měsíci

      It's a propaganda channel, what do you expect

    • @brimstone260
      @brimstone260 Před měsícem

      ​@@purplemonkeyelephantproperplonker comments from wamps like yourself not understanding how a natural environment can be sustained going forward. Or we could just have a few spazzy crows, the odd mangy fox, a couple of magpies and starving stoats thrown in. Wake up mincer.

  • @oliverlambert9083
    @oliverlambert9083 Před 2 měsíci

    V sad, a waste….land.

  • @Wyrm1701
    @Wyrm1701 Před 2 měsíci

    Well, Langholm demonstrates quite clearly that "community management" basically doesn't work. For this sort of thing to work, you effectively have to duplicate the conditions for running a grouse moor, including the alternative income for when there are too few grouse to harvest by shooting. The stark reality is that Scotland has hundreds and hundreds of square miles of low fertility land that is of next to no use to farmers, and which generates next to no income for anyone who owns only a few hectares of it. The Scottish Government, seemingly unsatisfied with making a great steaming, stinking mess of their cities and towns, would appear to be lining up to do the same with the countryside as well. As a government they're basically pretty crap at their job and show few signs of improvement. Few people would really care about this endless meddling of theirs if they were any good at it and delivered great outcomes, but they're not at all good; very much a case of the inverse Midas effect.

  • @mercury8180
    @mercury8180 Před 2 měsíci

    Any piece of land where i live that has no predator control is thriving with predators and little else. The land where i carry out predator control has a vast mix of many species. Rewilding means predators and nothing else. What is best a field full of crows and jackdaws or a field with a mix of waders song birds and game birds. Rewilding gives us the former. Predator protection gives us the latter. Simple as that.

  • @geraintjones5288
    @geraintjones5288 Před 2 měsíci

    Great video and the first thing that comes to mind again is “Unfortunately it’s not quite that easy” 😤

  • @thomasmoore5949
    @thomasmoore5949 Před 2 měsíci

    The restoration of our countryside will be a process, rather than an event. And bringing the former ecological criminals back to the scene of their crime will help no one!

    • @THE_ECONNORGIST
      @THE_ECONNORGIST Před měsícem

      👏 👏 👏 💥

    • @darencartwright5912
      @darencartwright5912 Před měsícem

      And how are you going to restore our countryside , thomasmoore ?, and who are these "ecological criminals"?

  • @musket.50
    @musket.50 Před 2 měsíci

    At least when it goes up in flames there won’t be anything living there anyway! Then what they will get a grant to plant trees most likely!!!

  • @PapaTube-ep1nk
    @PapaTube-ep1nk Před 2 měsíci

    The do gooders putting their noses into the Rural Countryside is never a good thing, Gamekeepers handed down skills and experience to protect ground nesting birds in invaluable for all wildlife including predators species, just look at the huge mistake reintroducing Beaver into our Scottish river systems hundreds of miles of glorious tree lined river bank destroyed because Beaver have nil predators in the UK and are breeding like rabbits, University city educated intelligent idiots meddling in the Countryside reintroducing species our past ancestors eradicated for a reason because they were nothing but pest river rats. When our river banks start collapsing because the Beavers have removed the trees the river banks erode, rivers will burst their banks flooding residential homes and business, then watch the outcry. Scot Gov Slaughtering Red Deer to plant Trees in the name of Climate Change taking away more habitat for ground nesting upland birds ext is utter stupidity.

  • @bert97276
    @bert97276 Před 2 měsíci

    Be good to see a rerun of documentary channel 4 did on Peter Frasers estate called the Firing Line. To me the changes in management that it showed up was happening lit the long fuse to all the trouble theyre talking about today

  • @bert97276
    @bert97276 Před 2 měsíci

    I dont like the way its being undermanaged now. And i didnt like the way it was keepered in late 80's before the demonstration project. It was a persecution estate for donkeys years lets nobody pretend it wasnt. But i liked it during demonstration project where it was well managed within the law. Had two visits in that time. The balance was righ and legal. But in that time it was said to be economically unviable as they had fewer grouse to shoot than other rival moors. To me that was the painful truth and the main takeaway from the whole saga, not the sad neglect it might be in now. Elephant in the room question, is what must the other moors be doing to achieve economicly viable big bags, that Simon Lester and his capable lads werent doing? No prizes for guessing.

    • @bert97276
      @bert97276 Před 2 měsíci

      Why have my other comments been deleted?

  • @darencartwright5912
    @darencartwright5912 Před 2 měsíci

    Jamie,s words "I cannot hear anything !", here in Wales that,s how our uplands are, no predator managment leads to a "predator sink". Curlews despite being long lived are circling the drain, and there were more Lapwing on that one field than there are in central Wales. Just hope the Scottish government does not do the same to Scotlands ground nesting birds, but with there track record, one fears the worst.

    • @freeforester1717
      @freeforester1717 Před 2 měsíci

      They’re the problem, not the cure. Scottish ministers are biggest landowners in Scotland, yet their preferred managers of FLS lift not a finger to conserve ground nesting waders, nor indeed any other vulnerable species. All lands outwith their forests and landholdings are basically barren owing to predation from within their borders and total lack of predator control. Shameful.

  • @timrobinson2984
    @timrobinson2984 Před 2 měsíci

    what about the hen harrier got any of them

  • @tomjones7593
    @tomjones7593 Před 2 měsíci

    The Scottish assembly and the RSPB-what could possibly go wrong ? Two dim-witted fanatical groups with no grip on reality but plenty of other people's money

  • @crckr2010
    @crckr2010 Před 2 měsíci

    Used to sit in my car listening to cock grouse calling on those moors, the only time it was quiet then was when a harrier came through. I counted well over 20 blackcock lekking back in 2011 how many are there today i wonder.

  • @user-kp8vd6sg3k
    @user-kp8vd6sg3k Před 2 měsíci

    This is what you get when you have a spiteful government in charge hellbent on what they see as a class war

  • @derekhawkins7290
    @derekhawkins7290 Před 2 měsíci

    Things should be left to the gamekeepers and not to f......g! Idiots

  • @TheClashen
    @TheClashen Před 2 měsíci

    Great Video guys. The reason I am saying that is my attention to this area came about by watching a video in which the nature reserve managers were interviewed, I just got more and more annoyed as I watched it. Even watched it again with my wife as I wanted to make sure I was not being unkind to them. My gripe was it was a sales pitch with no substance, I just got the impression if the interviewer had just asked searching questions that would scratch the surface polish there would would be no knowledge in depth. They didn’t come across as SQEP for the job as they lacked the E. As people trusted to do any job get more experienced and understand their subject matter in depth they are able to discuss a mater looking highlighting there always compromises that have to be made if you are looking at the pros and cons to any action taken. That was not the case with the other video. As Thomas Sowell stated “there are no solutions only trade offs” the problem you have guys is the decisions now a days are made by politicians who think they know what they are talking about after an Sunday afternoon walk along a designated path, unlike my own father that had worked in agriculture his whole life. I for one want to see more content like yours. So please keep up the good work backing up your argument with facts whilst highlighting that compromises have to made so the system as a whole can flourish.

  • @callumhepworth-smith6376
    @callumhepworth-smith6376 Před 2 měsíci

    Great video with evidence of how to make a real mess of things when all the promises were "of big things" Oh how this proves the damage done !!!!

    • @struanmills5710
      @struanmills5710 Před měsícem

      3 years is not enough time to prove anything. Landscape management are long terms projects. I'd recommend looking at Mar Lodge as good example of a long terms to landscape restoration. Interestingly enough the estate is split in two to show how a traditional sporting estate can work alongside nature conservation. It doesn't have to be a them versus us approach which is very divisive and in my opinion not very constructive.

    • @callumhepworth-smith6376
      @callumhepworth-smith6376 Před měsícem

      @@struanmills5710 ...Not even when you can see the damage already having an effect????? Who is going to continue to fund the project over such long periods??? Itys already running thin on funds ...Or is it just going to be left unmanaged??? yeh great idea...

    • @struanmills5710
      @struanmills5710 Před měsícem

      Can you please explain what damage is being done? My understanding is that Tarras is aiming to be financially sustainable & are developing their own financial income streams. These will take time to develop. They will also bring more jobs, which is positive to hear as Langholm wants this to help retain younger people to the village.

    • @callumhepworth-smith6376
      @callumhepworth-smith6376 Před měsícem

      @@struanmills5710 That is absolute rubbish... You clearly havent spoken to any of the Langholm people... - More jobs??? Not a chance, doing what? - Revenue steams?? Why are they still asking on Go Fund Me and volunteers to lift the self germinated spruce trees... - Where have all the wild birds gone? Eaten by predators - The heather will be totally gone in a few years loosing all the grouse that were there. - How many jobs will it create? one or two if they dont go bankrupt by then, or asking MORE in donations!!! Its a sham

  • @gileso8475
    @gileso8475 Před 2 měsíci

    Does any one know who's watching this of any statistics that are available for the song bird populations within towns now that any predator control is strictly taboo ?? With what seems an incredible number of cats, foxes, badgers, crows and magpies I now seem to have an incredibly quiet garden. I'm not looking to start an argument but would at least like to have a statistically correct and informed knowledge ion this. This video is absolutely what I expected but towns don't seem to have much published info on what's going on in them. Great piece of informed and balanced film work. Well done.

    • @stefenney3126
      @stefenney3126 Před 2 měsíci

      My garden regularly gets visited by Magpies, Sparrowhawks, Carrion crows, Herring gulls, all to the detriment of the song bird population. When mentioned, all the nature lovers say how wonderful, such a diversity of wildlife and the presence of such predators shows that the song bird population is healthy enough to sustain predation. What they don't realise, is that the predators will continue to kill song birds until the last one has been taken, only then they will move on to another area.

    • @PapaTube-ep1nk
      @PapaTube-ep1nk Před 2 měsíci

      I have an incredible town garden full of bird life and bird song, I have nil predators visiting my garden for some reason my two cat hating Springer Spaniels take care of that chore and I take care of the rest of the vermin.

    • @paddydoyle4234
      @paddydoyle4234 Před 2 měsíci

      There was scientific studies done in major towns such as Manchester on blackbird nest predation, type it into Google and it should come up.

  • @head-Keeper
    @head-Keeper Před 2 měsíci

    Langholm moor, the sacrificial lamb to the slaughter. It might have been worth it if the evidence of this eco system disaster was acknowledged but due to this present government and its lackeys it will be replicated throughout every Scottish moor. RIP Scotland’s countryside.

    • @bert97276
      @bert97276 Před měsícem

      Channel owner why delete my comments again? what is needed is fair and proper discussion. Or is it true this is just propaganda channel !

    • @bert97276
      @bert97276 Před měsícem

      Any comment I put certain words in relating to shall we say people who wear tweeds on 12th gets deleted however polite I say it . Why ???!!!

  • @timrobinson2984
    @timrobinson2984 Před 2 měsíci

    stop killing raptors

  • @KuswandiRia03
    @KuswandiRia03 Před 3 měsíci

    Not Just Gamekeepers, very nice, friend

  • @Brass-and-Bullets
    @Brass-and-Bullets Před 4 měsíci

    Why are people who have no clue always trying to fix things that are not broken.

  • @sk1wagon
    @sk1wagon Před 4 měsíci

    Keep these videos coming and stay strong against the towns people who don't understand the countryside.

  • @9906sinky
    @9906sinky Před 4 měsíci

    Great video. So much work gamekeeper’s do goes unnoticed!

  • @brianrowe2902
    @brianrowe2902 Před 4 měsíci

    I'm afraid the biodiversity of these moorlands has been impoverished by current land management techniques. There is a fraction of what once was or what could be again by keeping things as they are. Vast swathes of land owned and managed a very small amount of landowners for the benefit of certain species and a small percentage of the population who enjoy shooting quarry. Also for the amount of land in use for grouse and deer shooting brings the Scottish economy a very small amount compared to what could be brought in by sympathetic wildlife tourism. The gamekeepers and local communities should be involved in the rewilding of grouse moorland, bringing back apex predators would keep deer numbers down and allow other species to establish and thrive resulting in a more balanced ecosystem. More trees should be planted and link up with existing ancient forests as at Glen Affric. Grouse and deer could still be shot, the deer would be healthier and larger than the small specimens currently being hunted. This would command a premium price tag for a days deer stalking, bringing in more revenue for local communities. gamekeepers would be best placed to run the rewilded estates and carefully managed wildlife safaris would mean more bed and breakfast accommodation would be needed with the knock on effect helping out pubs cafes and hotels etc. Grouse shooting and deer stalking should continue but it will be revitalised by opening the moorlands up to more people. Birds of prey should no longer be threatened but be a part of this new ecosystem. The local communities would secure their own livelihoods and those of future generations. I love Scotland and would love to see these areas become a rich habitat for many more species than at present. Landowner themselves will see the benefits in their local communities thriving and bank balances healthily in the black. If anyone wants to further explore these possibilities then I urge you to read Rebirding by Benedict Macdonald.

  • @shaunjones6049
    @shaunjones6049 Před 4 měsíci

    🤔 Curlew my favourite bird call, beautiful and haunting ❤ taken off the shooting list in 🤔 1970 something and still in decline ?? I have seen big declines in all birds in my short 57 years 😔 common birds like sparrows and starlings have crashed in numbers and I haven’t seen a Greenfinch for over 10yrs which was a common hedgerow bird. Something is majorly wrong ? easy to blame the shooting world for the decline of species but there’s a bigger picture. None of the 4 shoots I beat on shoot Woodcock , and haven’t done for many years now there’s Woodcock on all the shoots I go on , but the keepers and land owners like to see them about . Good example of shooting and Conservation I think 👍

    • @brianrowe2902
      @brianrowe2902 Před 4 měsíci

      Bird populations are in freefall across Britain, except at the Knepp Estate in Sussex. Take a look at what they're doing if you would like to know how to reverse this trend.

    • @12dougreed
      @12dougreed Před 4 měsíci

      Cats . period.

  • @WhiteRoseShooting
    @WhiteRoseShooting Před 5 měsíci

    Great work that you do! I hope that everything works out for you. Nice video!

  • @Sjalabais
    @Sjalabais Před 5 měsíci

    ...but, how? Did I miss what exactly it is that threatens the "gamekeeper's way of life" and Scotland's rural communities, or did you not mention it? What's your solution?

  • @elliotgreen9642
    @elliotgreen9642 Před 5 měsíci

    Video shows the beauty of the landscape, and its people, something that means something to everyone. BUT it would be good if the video explained or linked to something to explain exactly how gamekeepers are supposedly having a positive impact on biodiversity, because I struggle to understand how they are best placed to do this, when the money is ultimately driven by people's desire to hunt and shoot large numbers of animals.

    • @elliotgreen9642
      @elliotgreen9642 Před 5 měsíci

      I live down in the south. I have friends who have shown me pictures from where they've gone up north for a weekend of shooting and there are tens or hundreds of birds lying on the floor. Ultimately isn't that what is driving everything. Not the love of nature.

    • @rddslt
      @rddslt Před 5 měsíci

      ​@@elliotgreen9642 Your measured question is appreciated. I agree there could be a link to resources to find out more, although it is a massive topic area and this video seems to focus on how rural (working) communities in many areas feel about the nature and extent of government intervention. It is about people who identify as indigenous to their areas feeling dominated by powerful people and groups who don't understand (or don't want to understand) their cultural practices - but are now too outnumbered to have a national voice (cf. the USA). On shooting: most shooters aren't driven by a desire to kill, but to immerse themselves in nature and to see and learn. Most shoots are small scale and the birds are taken away and eaten by anyone involved in the day. The smaller number of large shoots send the birds to be processed for food - and some go to food banks (where accepted). Yes there are always exceptions to all of these things, but exceptional cases and misplaced class warfare should not lead legislation, and shooting culture has changed a great deal over the decades. There's always lots of talk on a shoot day about wildlife, plants/habitats, sustainability, community events, local stories (and actually there always has been). It brings groups of all ages together during the long autumn/winter months to get exercise and healthy social interaction, and at other times of year in helping with habitat improvements, tree planting, etc. We understand many people find killing animals distasteful, but don't think this warrants government intervention in people's traditional cultural practices - provided that they do not have a NEGATIVE effect on biodiversity (and we all of course wish to immeasurably improve it). I was hesitant to reply here as it's really not a good place to have a debate, but I did like your tone and question and thought I'd share one perspective.

    • @alancranston9328
      @alancranston9328 Před 5 měsíci

      @@rddslt Many people do indeed find killing for 'sport' distasteful. But illegal persecution of raptors is beyond distasteful, it is criminal destruction of our wildlife, purely to make that 'sport' economic. No well managed industry should fear regulation, because it preserves reputation by keeping out the bad guys. The problem with shooting is that it relies on the bad guys, which is why, despite all the 'few bad apples' nonsense, the whole barrrel is rotten.

  • @chrislamont7529
    @chrislamont7529 Před 5 měsíci

    This is hilarious 😂😂

    • @aidangallacher4507
      @aidangallacher4507 Před 4 měsíci

      What’s hilarious about this Chrissy ?

    • @dawiddudek5953
      @dawiddudek5953 Před 2 měsíci

      The fact people like you with zero clue about are allowed to have opinion is hilarious

    • @chrislamont7529
      @chrislamont7529 Před 2 měsíci

      @@dawiddudek5953 Thanks for commenting, I forgot about this video and it still makes me chuckle.

    • @brianhitchmough6628
      @brianhitchmough6628 Před měsícem

      Well Chris…you carry on combing your beard and polishing your car. I also find that hilarious.

  • @clivelockwood3236
    @clivelockwood3236 Před 5 měsíci

    Unfortunately we are led by witless idiots now, it seems to be the ongoing trend.

  • @burniemaurins2382
    @burniemaurins2382 Před 5 měsíci

    I think to gain the support of the non sporting public, there has to be a stop to Raptor persecution, in Scotland and in England and Wales, it undoes the excellent work that gamekeepers do. There has to be a modicum of modernisation if it is to survive and it must survive, looking after the moors. I'm an Angler, Shooter and former Falconer, I do have some understanding of the work that is done and needs to be done to maintain a balance in nature, man has changed nature and man is needed to maintain what we have now, farmers, keepers and ghillies all add to the natural order, but need to be aware it's the 21st century.

  • @neil5719
    @neil5719 Před 5 měsíci

    When are you going to realize, even if your Scottish, Welsh or English all governments are out to ruin the country side and it's way of life, they do not care about us and it's wild life, trees, wind farms and solar panels is all they want in the country side.

  • @TheWiseMonkey8888
    @TheWiseMonkey8888 Před 6 měsíci

    A very general population estimate suggests there may be up to 600,000 black bears in North America and more than 380,000 in Canada.26 Nov 2022... 0:49 & 1:34 ... czcams.com/video/ummbWAsBMcU/video.html 8:39 :)

  • @treaclelester7285
    @treaclelester7285 Před 9 měsíci

    Bloody murderers

  • @bengreen171
    @bengreen171 Před 10 měsíci

    what about the illegal trapping and shooting of birds of prey? You need to get your house in order before you can start bragging about how wonderful your way of life is.

  • @abigailgoff9891
    @abigailgoff9891 Před 10 měsíci

    Just watching this again, Jimmy gibb, you said the fire had been burning for a whole week before you helped?

  • @abigailgoff9891
    @abigailgoff9891 Před 11 měsíci

    You never mentioned all the other people that helped

  • @abigailgoff9891
    @abigailgoff9891 Před 11 měsíci

    Your end comments....has no one from RSPB ever helped with you personally at shuggly estate?

  • @abigailgoff9891
    @abigailgoff9891 Před 11 měsíci

    No comments....what a suprise! True th? ......😕

  • @jamesevans6335
    @jamesevans6335 Před rokem

    English Springer spaniel gotta love em