Red Grouse Lagopus (lagopus) scoticus

Although never coming close to my neck of the woods (Norfolk), this is the most familiar grouse of the British Isles and one of our very few endemic bird forms.

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male and female Red Grouse, Cumbria/Co Durham border (UK), 30th December 2011

 

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male Red Grouse, Lewis (Outer Hebrides, UK), 16th May 2004

 

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male Red Grouse (2 birds), Lochindorb (Highland, UK), 1st May 2007