phil connell reports from the north york moors. e to thousands of red grouse. here on the north york moors, though, the birds this year are difficult to find and difficult to film. jimmy shuttleworth has been a gamekeeper on the moors for 36 years. he says it's the worst period for grouse he can remember. a crisis blamed on two consecutive years of poor spring weather. this was typical of what they had to eat. they should have been eating the greener heather. so, i mean, if we all had vegetables on our plate like that, we'd be happy. but if our vegetables looked like that, we wouldn't be happy. and it was the same for the grouse. so they had to have a whole year eating this. in normal years, shooting is said to generate around £2 billion for britain's economy. and in rural north yorkshire, for many, it provides a valuable income. on this estate there would normally be 25 shoots this year, but this season there will be no more than eight. it's a massive blow the local economy and the thousands of people whose livelihoods depend on it