Posts Tagged ‘Grouse’
A delicious grouse recipe to try at home
Roberta Hall-McCarron and Shaun McCarron know a thing or two about sourcing and cooking game. From August through to February, The Little Chartroom in Edinburgh have a great range of game dishes featuring on their ever-changing menu. Chef Roberta loves the taste and diversity of and often it is the only meat option on their…
Read MoreHelp find Scotland’s champion for the Eat Game Awards
The search is on to find Scotland’s game hero as the Eat Game Award launches for the second time. There are many heroes in world of game cuisine… chefs & cooks, farmers’ market stalls, producers, restaurants, pubs, butchers, estate managers and retailers… but game is still not getting the recognition it deserves. Already in their…
Read MoreOptimism that 2019 grouse season will be a success
Scottish estate owners are cautiously optimistic that this year’s grouse season will show an improvement on last year’s wash-out. They say that demand from domestic and international shooters remaining strong. Around 60% of visitors come from England, 10% from within Scotland and 30% from overseas – primarily the USA, Denmark, Belgium, Holland, France and Spain.…
Read More10 fascinating facts about… Perthshire
Perthshire – home of beautiful scenery and the gateway to the Highlands. Here we present 10 things you probably never knew about Perthshire. Over 5,000 salmon climb the fish ladder at Pitlochry Dam at Loch Faskally each year. Rob Roy, the 1995 film directed by Michael Caton-Jones, was partly filmed in Perthshire, at Megginch and…
Read MoreGin Bothy sets up pop-up bar on the Cateran Trail
World Gin Day is taking place on Saturday 8 June this year. Coinciding with Scotland’s biggest – and toughest – endurance walking events, award-winning spirit producer Gin Bothy is opening a unique pop-up gin bar in the foothills of the Cairngorms to support the hundreds of participants taking part in the Cateran Yomp. The Cateran…
Read MoreMagnificent B-listed steading range and cottage
A steading with cottage and planning consent is now on the market. Auchleeks, in Calvine, Pitlochry is presented for sale by Strutt & Parker. The Steading House is the former stables and steading to nearby Auchleeks House. This is a charming Georgian B-Listed stone built property, thought to date from c.1820 and built at the…
Read MoreA new challenge as Max joins Ardgowan Distillery
One of the world’s top whisky makers has joined the Ardgowan Distillery team – with a plan to create and release a new series of whiskies later this year. For over 25 years Max McFarlane was whisky maker for Edrington where he ensured the quality and consistency of some of the industry’s most iconic brands,…
Read MoreQuestions over 3 month delay on missing hen harrier
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds has revealed a hen harrier has gone missing in suspicious circumstances. The RSPB have raised concerns after disappearance of Skylar near a grouse moor in South Lanarkshire, and described the area as a ‘black hole’ for birds of prey. The RSPB say the satellite transmitter attached to…
Read MoreGrouse shooting could help with mountain hares
Driven grouse shooting may provide a net conservation benefit to Scotland’s mountain hare population. The analyses conducted by the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust and published in the European Journal of Wildlife Research concludes that: ‘it is likely that driven grouse shooting provides a net conservation benefit to Scotland’s mountain hare population.’ The study examined…
Read MoreThe £3.9million Cassillis Estate is steeped in history
An imposing castle standing high above the River Doon steeped in history and restored for 21st century living is now on the market. From a high bank, Cassillis towers over the River Doon. Presented for sale by Savills, it is approached through electric gates via a private tarred drive which follows the River Doon through…
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