moorland

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Many of the eight possible release areas have moorland used for driven grouse-shooting, a traditional field sport where red grouse, which golden eagles eat, are driven towards shooters by beaters.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

"Set within a wild, windswept moorland, King and Queen took on a new life," said Alice Murray of auctioneers Christie's.

From BBC • Mar. 15, 2026

Last summer, fires that burned across moorland at Carrbridge and Dava in the Highlands were described as the biggest Scotland had ever seen.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026

Fire crews battling a vast moorland blaze in North Yorkshire this month have been hampered by exploding bombs and tank shells dating back to training on the moors during the Second World War.

From BBC • Aug. 29, 2025

Through three high windows he saw the moorland, bare and brown, snow-patched here and there, in the mild sunlight of winter.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin