Rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta hyperborea), Billefjord, Svalbard, Spitzbergen, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Svalbard rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta hyperborea), Svalbard, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Svalbard rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta hyperborea), Svalbard, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus) female sitting hidden in long grass, in summer and winter plumage. Highlands, Scotland, UK

Ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus) male sitting hidden in long grass, in summer and winter plumage. Highlands, Scotland, UK

Ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus) male standing in long grass, in summer and winter plumage. Highlands, Scotland, UK

Ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus) female sitting hidden in long grass, in summer and winter plumage. Highlands, Scotland, UK

Ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus) male standing in long grass, in summer and winter plumage. Highlands, Scotland, UK

Ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus) female standing on snow in winter and summer plumage. Highlands, Scotland, UK

Ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus) female sitting hidden in long grass, in summer and winter plumage. Highlands, Scotland, UK

Ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus) female sitting hidden in long grass, in summer and winter plumage, blue sky in background. Highlands, Scotland, UK

Ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus) male sitting hidden in long grass, in summer and winter plumage. Highlands, Scotland, UK

Rock Ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) in winter plumage, sitting in snow, Highlands, Scotland, Great Britain

Norway, Svalbard, Longyearbyen, Traditional style, modern accomodation block, Ptarmigan hanging from the window, Due to cold temperature locals hang recently shot gamebirds outside as the cold air keps them fresh.

Rock Ptarmigan male intermediate plumage, Swiss Alps

Male ptarmigan flying away in the snow, Swiss Alps

Rock Ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) in autumnal Tundra in the north west of Greenland. America, North America, Greenland, Denmark, August

Male ptarmigan in the snow, Swiss Alps

Male ptarmigan in the snow, Swiss Alps

Rock ptarmigan;Lagopus muta) on a rock at the top of a mountain, Alps, Austria.

Rock ptarmigan;Lagopus muta) on a rock at the top of a mountain, Alps, Austria.

Rock Ptarmigan intermediate plumage, Swiss Alps

Male ptarmigan in the snow, Swiss Alps

Rock Ptarmigan intermediate plumage, Swiss Alps

Male Rock Ptarmigan on rock, Swiss Alps