Controlled heather burning on moorland, April husbandry of the Grouse Moors. Two gamekeepers burn heather to encourage new heather shoots for food.

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A gamekeeper is a person who looks after an area of countryside to make sure there is enough game for hunting, and or fish for angling, and who actively manages areas of woodland, waterway, farmland etc for game birds/animals. The gamekeeper is employed by a landowner, and often in the UK by a country estate, to prevent poaching on his lands, rear and release game birds, control predators, manage habitats to suit game, and monitor its health.

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Size: 5120px × 3413px
Location: Grouse moors, North Yorkshire uk
Photo credit: © MediaWorldImages / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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