The Wild Deer Best Practice Guidance Collection includes a range of Habitat Impact Assessment guidance which should help you to assess the impact of herbivore grazing. The guidance provides the methodology for assessing your own ground.

There are fifteen guides in total, but not all will be relevant to a moorland environment, the list below are most likely to be of interest.

• Habitat Impact Assessment (HIA) Principles & Principles in Practice

• Damage Recognition

• Blanket Bog

• Dwarf Shrub Heath

• Flushes & Springs

• Tall Herbs

You can access their suite of fifteen guides by following the link below.