Hen Grouse in the Heather
From £32.00
A female red grouse watches from cover, her comb far more understated than a male's and her plumage giving better camouflage against the moor. Females do most of the incubation and rearing alone, so that instinct to stay hidden runs deep.
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The red grouse is found almost nowhere else in the world outside Britain and Ireland's upland moors, where it depends almost entirely on heather for food and cover. Males carry a bright red comb above the eye, brighter still through the spring breeding season, while the duller, better-camouflaged females do almost all of the incubating and chick-rearing alone.
