We are seeing black grouse disappear before our eyes.

Will you help us save them?

Our mission: The Black Grouse Translocation Project

To combat this decline, we are working on a groundbreaking project. The first phase focuses on developing a better understanding of brood foraging habitats in the North Pennines. Building on this knowledge, the second phase of the project involves translocating and re-establishing black grouse to areas in the North York Moors with suitable conditions to support new populations, helping to expand their range.

Equipping a sample of the birds with high-quality radio transmitters will allow us to follow their movements, settlement patterns, survival and lekking behaviour. Our long-term goal is to provide evidence to help guide landscape-scale management of moorland fringe grasslands to benefit black grouse and increase their range, also helping to mitigate against any likely future impacts of climate change.

This is novel work, and we have made a great start with the help of funding from Natural England’s Species Recovery Programme. We fitted seven females with these new tags this spring, with five going on to nest and three successfully hatching chicks. But this funding is now coming to an end, and we urgently need to secure funds to continue this project and see it, and the black grouse, succeed. This is where you can help.

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