A male red grouse (Lagopus lagopus) on the ground in North Yorkshire Moors National Park, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Red grouse (Lagopus lagopus) male, in heather, County Durham, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Red grouse (Lagopus lagopus), Yorkshire Dales, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Red grouse (Lagopus lagopus), Yorkshire Dales, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Red grouse (Lagopus lagopus), Yorkshire Dales, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Red grouse (Lagopus lagopus), North Pennine Moors, County Durham, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Red grouse (Lagopus lagopus), male, in heather, County Durham, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Red grouse (Lagopus lagopus) male, County Durham, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Red grouse (Lagopus lagopus), North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Red grouse (Lagopus lagopus) in heather, North Pennines, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A female red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scotica) on the Stiperstones in Shropshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

red grouse, lagopus lagopus scoticus, male amongst heather, angus, scot

Red Grouse (Lagopus lagopus scotica) in heathland, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Red Grouse (Lagopus lagopus scotica) in heathland, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Close-up portrait of a male willow ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus) showing early breeding colors in its neck and eye combs, surveying its high-country territory in Southcentral Alaska's Chugach Mountains on an April day. The head and neck will become completely chocolate-brown as the bird's breeding colors develop, Alaska, United States of America

Animals, Birds, Gourse, Red Grouse, Lagopus lagopus, Male standing proud in full bloom purple heather, Yorkshire, England, UK

Animals, Birds, Grouse, Red grouse Lagopus lagopus Male standing in burnt heather with head turned viewed from behind North Yorkshire England UK.

Animals, Birds, Grouse, Red grouse Lagopus lagopus Female hiding amongst heather in the early morning North Yorkshire England UK.

Animals, Birds, Gourse, Red Grouse, Lagopus lagopus, Male standing proud in full bloom purple heather, Yorkshire, England, UK

A Red Grouse (Lagopus lagopus scotica) rests in the snow in the Peak District National Park, UK.

A Red Grouse (Lagopus lagopus scotica) perches in the Peak District National Park, UK.

Red Grouse (Lagopus lagopus scotica) in heath, Peak district, England

Red Grouse (Lagopus lagopus scoticus). A male Red Grouse peeps up from the burnt heather in the Peak District, UK.