Red Grouse

ARKive - Lagopus lagopus
http://www.arkive.org/species/ARK/birds/Lagopus_lagopus/more_still_images.html
Research into how this clumsy bird developed plumage that blends into its natural background with this set of twenty-one images. Pictures of eggs, chicks, juvenile, plus adults.

ARKive - Red Grouse
http://www.arkive.org/species/ARK/birds/Lagopus_lagopus/more_info.html
Find out how the number of this UK indigenous bird is being squeezed by predators and loss of natural habitat. Plus data on status, range, biology, and conservation.

Environment and Heritage Service: Peatlands - Red Grouse
http://www.peatlandsni.gov.uk/wildlife/birds/red_grouse.htm
Learn about this large and apparently lazy bird that does not stray far and doesn’t care much for flying. Includes colour photograph of red grouse in bracken.

Find Articles - Science News: Where Have All the Red Grouse Gone?
http://www.findarticles.com/cf_dls/m1200/2_155/53630871/p1/article.jhtml
Read this brief article, published in January 1999, that introduces a research paper about red grouse populations in northern England.

Game Conservancy Trust, The - Red Grouse
http://www.gct.org.uk/text03.asp?PageId=110/
Consider how many breeding pairs of the red grouse are in UK and how the Trust helps to maintain this number. Read about known predators.

Irish Field Sports - British & Irish Game Birds: Red Grouse
http://www.irishfieldsports.com/gamebirds/grouse.htm
Regularly bred for shooting, the red grouse is unique to Britain. Learn about the four different ways of shooting and see colour images of bird and gun.

Moorland Association, The - Red Grouse
http://www.moorlandassociation.org/redgrouse.htm
Find out about the very unusual features of the red grouse that makes identification easy. Lists four points that will help conservation plus links to further data.

Northumberland National Park - Red Grouse
http://www.northumberland-national-park.org.uk/VisitorGuide/TheNationalPark/Wildlife/HeatherMoorland/redgrouse.htm
Digest this short description of plump bird that walkers regularly disturb when hiking over moorland. Also offers colour photograph of adult in heather.

Royal Society for the Protection of Birds - Red Grouse
http://www.rspb.org.uk/birds/guide/r/redgrouse/
Recognize this plump bird with feathered feet that is good to eat. Read about habitat in UK, breeding, diet and wintering, also see colour drawing.

Wildlife Trusts, The - Red Grouse
http://www.wildlifetrust.org.uk/montgomeryshire/redgrouse.html
Identify threats to moorland bird that has declined by 90% in Wales. Peruse action plan designed to arrest this dramatic fall in numbers.

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