| 单词 | red grouse |
| 例句 | Peregrine falcons and red grouse also call the mountain home. 36 Hours in Belfast 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z Along the way I’d been severely scolded by more than one chattering red grouse, and ignored by innumerable flocks of grazing sheep. A Tasting Tour of Yorkshire’s Beers and Ales 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z If passed by MSPs, a license would be required to kill red grouse and inspectors would be given increased powers to investigate suspected wildlife crime. Licensing row as grouse shooting season begins 2023-08-12T04:00:00Z Birds like the meadow pipit and skylark use the heather for nesting, and it is also a source of food for the red grouse. Mourne Mountains: Impact of fires still felt one year on 2022-04-23T04:00:00Z The Moorland Association, which manages moorland in England and Wales for wild red grouse, said when a satellite tag fails unexpectedly, persecution may be a factor. Hen harriers 'vanishing due to illegal killing' 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z Grouse are medium to large-sized birds, similar to partridges, with round bodies and short, broad wings and the red grouse in particular is associated with heather, which grows in Scotland. Grouse shooting season off to misty start in Scotland 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z Until recently, red grouse populations would spike and plummet. For Britain’s tweed-and-shotgun set, ‘It’s warfare.’ Over a bird on the moors. 2017-12-23T05:00:00Z Hen harriers prey on red grouse chicks as part of their diet, and conservationists claim gamekeepers kill the raptors to preserve grouse stocks. Record number of hen harriers tagged across UK - BBC News 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z Heather is burned to increase red grouse numbers for shooting. MPs to debate grouse shooting ban - BBC News 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z The birds prey on red grouse chicks as part of their diet. Growing call for grouse shooting ban as season opens - BBC News 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z It all began with a trivia question raised among friends: Which is the fastest game bird in Britain, the golden plover or the red grouse? Your Thursday Briefing 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z "The golden plover also benefits, particularly from short heather. Birds such as red grouse need open areas in which to feed, dry off and shelter." Muirburning damaging protected areas, says RSPB - BBC News 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z The wire devices are designed to catch foxes, which prey on red grouse. Runners injured in animal snares - BBC News 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z Instead, their focus will be on the illegal killing of birds of prey, for whom the red grouse is a valuable source of food. 'Favourable' prospects for 12th 2014-08-11T04:00:00Z The red grouse and hen harrier issue inspires deep emotions in those interested in rural affairs. Growing call for grouse shooting ban as season opens - BBC News 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z Last year M&S sold red grouse on a trial basis in two stores, with a view to selling it in more stores next month when the shooting season begins. Grouse off the shelves at M&S 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z It said the muirburning was done to help increase numbers of red grouse on sporting estates. Muirburning damaging protected areas, says RSPB - BBC News 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z The estate where the runners were injured holds grouse shoots, and snaring is one method used to control animals that prey on red grouse. Runners injured in animal snares - BBC News 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z The red grouse, found only in the British Isles, was reintroduced on the island in 1880 after becoming extinct during the 1830s. Study supports grouse reintroduction 2014-05-06T15:01:43Z They also provide a home to rare birds including the hen harrier, merlin, peregrine falcon, golden plover, red grouse and black grouse. Off-roaders 'damaging wildlife' 2014-04-19T12:33:48Z The young juicy shoots and the seeds, which remain long in the capsules, furnish the red grouse of Scotland with the larger portion of its sustenance; the ripe seeds are eaten by many birds. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z Though the red grouse does not, after the manner of other members of the genus Lagopus, become white in winter, Scotland possesses a species of the genus which does. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z Game, as defined by the Night Poaching Act of 1828 and the Game Act of 1831, is pheasant, partridge, black game, red grouse, bustard and hare. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z It recommended "to at least maintain the current level of upland management and strive to increase it by a controlled and monitored reintroduction of red grouse". Study supports grouse reintroduction 2014-05-06T15:01:43Z Of you it may safely be said That you love the red grouse And the brown partridge. Outlook Odes 2011-08-16T02:00:47.257Z Black-game are as keen as red grouse on oats, and a few sheaves thrown about always attracts them. The Confessions of a Poacher 2011-08-05T02:00:44.470Z Usually we are only observed by the foraging hill sheep and the occasional red grouse. Country diary: North Derbyshire 2010-09-27T23:05:00Z A dog who followed the horses set chase to the red grouse; they shrieked, flapped their wings, hid in the heather, shrieked, started up again and sought a circuitous way back. Magnhild Dust Only one good-sized animal, so far as known, is now peculiar to the British Isles, and that is our familiar friend the red grouse of the Scotch moors. Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science A very good example of comparatively recent divergence of character, in accordance with new conditions of life, is afforded by our red grouse. Darwinism (1889) Out-lying pheasants, rabbits in the clumps, red grouse on the heather—the old dog missed none of them. The Confessions of a Poacher 2011-08-05T02:00:44.470Z The breeding season of the red grouse is very early in spring, and the female deposits her eggs, eight or ten in number, in a high tuft of heather. The Illustrated London Reading Book GROUSE.—These birds are divided into wood grouse, black grouse, red grouse, and white grouse. The Book of Household Management Montagu, G., on the habits of the black and red grouse; on the pugnacity of the ruff; on the singing of birds; on the double moult of the male pintail. The Descent of Man Several experienced ornithologists consider our British red grouse as only a strongly marked race of a Norwegian species, whereas the greater number rank it as an undoubted species peculiar to Great Britain. The Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection, 6th Edition As the sun gains in power, and spring comes slowly up the way, the red grouse give out gurgling notes, and indulge in much strutting. The Confessions of a Poacher 2011-08-05T02:00:44.470Z White grouse, white game, or ptarmigan, is nearly the same size as the red grouse, and is found in lofty situations, where it supports itself in the severest weather. The Book of Household Management |
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