After something like a freeze on sporting estate sales during the boom years, there are the signs of a pick-up in supply. At last, some owners are poor enough to sell.

Among them, CKD Kennedy Macpherson is selling the Woodhead and Snailsden grousemoors in the Peak District between Glossop and Holmfirth. They came on to the market last year at £4m-£5m. These grouse moors have been subjected to a major programme of rejuvenation and are billed as providing two days of grouse shooting per season as well as a lowland shoot. Keepers’ accommodation and associated buildings have been upgraded, as have road, butts, bracken spraying, the replanting of heather, control of sheep grazing and general improvement of habitat. In 2007 Snailsden shot a record bag of 175 brace in five drives.

Situated on the borders of Derbyshire and South Yorkshire in the South Pennines, the two moors are  four miles apart. They total 7,518 acres of sporting rights, 150 acres of freehold land, three cottages and outbuildings. The freehold sporting rights are for sale. The freehold of much of the land is owned by Yorkshire Water.

During the best of the boom, CKD Kennedy Macpherson sold Westerdale and Rosedale Moors, North Yorkshire, for more than the £15m guide price.

Although England probably provides better grouse yields, sporting estates are most sought-after in Scotland. Valuation there, says Savills, is based on a capital value of a Scottish deer forest at a high of £40,000 for every stag shot, £3,000 per brace of grouse in the bag on a well-managed moor and the best salmon beats valued at more than £5,000 per fish. In recent months, Savills has sold substantial chunks of land to US and Danish buyers intent on enjoying the lifestyle of Scotland.

CKD Kennedy Macpherson is offering the Lochindorb Estate in Morayshire, a first class Highland grouse moor offering three days a season and a ten-year average of 823 brace. It comes with 8,652 acres of freehold land. The record bag shot on the estate was 4,347 brace in 1922.

In the all-round estate market, CKDGalbraith is asking £1m for a 50% interest in 3,300 acres on Knoydart. The Camusrory Estate includes a stalking lodge constructed in 1996 with a spectacular aspect down Loch Nevis, stalker’s house, annexe, chef’s house and ghillie’s cottage, as well as deer larder, boat shed, generator sheds, implement stores and hydro plant. The stalking on the mountains of East Knoydart boasts a 10 year average of 27 stags and 36 hinds. There is also salmon and sea trout fishing on an entire river system.