A red grouse that has taken to flying at passing cars and “remonstrating” with drivers when they stop, has become a major attraction in a remote Highland glen. The enigmatic game bird, nicknamed Jock ...
THE SURVIVAL of the red grouse in Ireland where it has lived for 5,000 years requires an urgent national management plan as they are in serious risk of extinction, according to a new report. Part of ...
Conservationists are gathering together to record the numbers of rare red grouse in the heather uplands of the Brecon Beacons National Park in Mid Wales. Nearly 30 National Park wardens, ecologists ...
A stout game bird, the red grouse has long been associated with the heather moors of Britain. It differentiates itself from other members of the grouse family with its reddish brown plumage and lack ...
The future of Britain's red grouse is in jeopardy following the death of vast quantities of birds from the disease strongylosis. According to research undertaken by Game Conservancy Trust (GCT) ...
Make the red grouse Britain's national bird before rich people 'blow it to buggery', says Bill Oddie
Since an ornithologist set the challenge to find Britain's official bird, tongues have been wagging over whether the robin, the wren or the barn owl may best represent the nation. Bill Oddie, the ...
(1) This paper documents demographic causes of population change in red grouse at a moor in north-east Scotland in 1961-78. A fluctuation of about two-fold amplitude in breeding densities occurred in ...
(1) Within areas, the size of individual territories of red grouse varied inversely with the proportion of ground occupied by vegetation containing the birds' main food plant, heather. This apparent ...
Red grouse numbers had declined sharply due to predator attacks The red grouse, one of Northern Ireland's rarest game birds, has been saved from dying out in a remote upland area of County Antrim.
The Glorious 12th has been and gone. This date in August marks the beginning of the red grouse shooting season which continues until December 10. By next week, a few Scottish restaurant menus will ...
Marks and Spencer has said it will not be selling red grouse this year after concerns about the how the game birds are sourced. Last year M&S sold red grouse on a trial basis in two stores, with a ...
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