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Angus Glens Moorland Group

🌿 Rural moorlands of the Angus Glens
🦅 Protecting wildlife & moorland habitats
👏🏻Community | 📚 Education

The Angus Glens Moorland Group is a collection of rural estates throughout Angus, founded in 2015. The group demonstrates the work these sporting estates and their staff undertake for our countryside, both in Angus and Scotland as a whole, highlighting the positive impact on our local communities and businesses. This includes conservation of rare heather moorland and the wildlife which lives there.

16/09/2026

🏡 Scottish Housing Day 2026

Estates across the Angus Glens Moorland Group provide housing for keepers, shepherds and their families, helping to sustain rural populations and local services in remote areas.

In a rural area where affordable housing is difficult to find, this allows families to settle and make up the small, local school populations which often struggle to stay at sustainable numbers.

Here are some figures from the recent from the recent Moorland Management in the Angus Glens impact report:

15/09/2026

🔥🌿 Today marks the start of the Muirburn
season.

It’s earlier than previous years due to the ‘Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Act 2024’.

When you’re next out on the hills, remember that smoke may be from planned muirburn.

Estates carrying out controlled burns notify Fire Control in advance, helping prevent unnecessary call-outs and ensuring fire brigade resources aren’t wasted on planned activity.

11/09/2026

🌿 Things you’ll see on a managed moorland

🐝 Bee Hives
Many moors are home to bee hives run by local beekeepers and businesses. As heather comes into flower, the moor provides an important source of nectar, producing the distinctive, rich-flavoured heather honey sold across Scotland.

10/09/2026

🌿 Things you’ll see on a managed moorland

💦 Man-made Wet Patches & Water Troughs

Across many moors, small scrapes, ponds, wet flushes and water troughs are created to provide valuable water sources, particularly during dry summer periods.

These areas support a wide range of wildlife by providing drinking water and creating feeding and breeding habitat for insects, amphibians and many other species.

It’s a simple yet effective way to support biodiversity on the moor, helping wildlife during periods of dry weather when natural water sources may be limited.

09/09/2026

🌿 Things you’ll see on a managed moorland
🪨 Grouse Butt

What is a grouse butt?
A grouse butt is a small, concealed shelter used by people taking part in a driven grouse shoot. They are created with a lot of skill and provide cover while allowing grouse to fly naturally over the line.

Butts can be built in a variety of ways, from traditional dry stone to timber, depending on the landscape and estate.

They are usually arranged in lines of around 10 butts, with careful spacing between each one. Deciding where those lines are placed is a skilled job, taking into account the terrain, wind direction and the natural flight lines of wild grouse.

06/09/2026

Today marks the first home game of the season for Strathmore Rugby Club! 🏉

A great opportunity to highlight the partnership between Strathmore and the Angus Glens Moorland Group, bringing locally sourced game meat and sport together. 🥩🏉

So far, over 2,000 meals have been served through the club’s superb hospitality.

We can’t wait to see that number grow after yet another season.

Here’s to the 2026 kick-off! 🏉🌿

🎥 To watch the full collab video, click the link in the bio!

04/09/2026

🦌 Scottish Venison Day 🦌

Today marks Scottish Venison Day, celebrating the journey from our Scottish hills to the plate.

Venison is a naturally lean, nutritious and protein-rich meat, harvested from wild deer roaming our hills freely.

Deer management also supports seasonal employment and traditional rural skills, with many different methods used to harvest deer. In some areas, Highland ponies are still used to bring deer off the hill. A traditional method that remains an important part of hill work.

A true example of field to fork, rooted in Scotland’s countryside and the people who work it. 🌿🦌

03/09/2026

Delighted to receive this letter from Jim Fairlie MSP recognising the economic, environmental and social value of integrated moorland management.

A fantastic recognition of the work happening across our moorlands. 👏🏻

To read the full report, click the link in comments below 👇🏻

Scottish Land & Estates
Tayside and Central Scotland Moorland Group
Southern Uplands Moorland Group
Grampian Moorland Group

02/09/2026

Our picking-up teams have a huge number of dogs between them, with each one bringing its own strengths and quirks to the team.

A lot of people may simply see well-trained dogs out on a shoot day, doing their job alongside their handler…
But, what they don’t see are the hours upon hours of training, patience, hard work and dedication that has gone into getting each dog to that point. Not to mention the bond and trust built between each dog and its handler. That relationship takes time and plenty of patience.

It’s brilliant to see them back out in the hills, doing what they love and what they’ve been trained to do.🤩👏🏻

31/08/2026

Gamekeeping is a tradition that runs deep in our rural glens. It keeps families here and, even today, sees different generations following in the same footsteps.

These two families, living in the same glen, are a great example.

The young lad pictured below has recently started his first gamekeeping job and, by chance, is now living in the very same house where his dad lived while working on a neighbouring estate some 20 years ago.

Between the two families, there are already several generations of gamekeeping experience, with two older brothers working as gamekeepers elsewhere too.

Both youngest sons are as keen as ever to follow in their big brothers’ footsteps once they leave school.

A great example of how gamekeeping is more than a job, it’s a tradition that continues through generations and helps keep our rural glens full. 🌿🏔️🧡

Address

Edzell

Telephone

01356670208

Website

http://www.angusglensmoorlandgroup.co.uk/, http://www.scot-rmg.co.uk/angus-glens-moorland-group

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