The keeper’s view
Grouse and grey partridge are two kings among our sporting birds, one was iconic to lowlands, one still is an icon of the uplands. How lucky we are that grouse, or red grouse at least, are still present in healthy numbers where they are managed. Had the moorlands been adaptable to the plough, make no mistake, monoculture and toxic sprays would have destroyed them and so many other species of flora and fauna, just as they have grey
