Lament for the greys
Sep 02, 2020
3 minutes
“FROM A WORKING gundog point of view, the red grouse comes close to the perfect bird.”
That was the introductory sentence I wrote three weeks ago (, 12 August) and it’s a statement I stand by. However, if I had been writing a similar article 100 or even 200 years ago, it’s unlikely that I would have even considered the red grouse. The grey partridge was then by far the most widespread and abundant gamebird in the British Isles and generations of gundogs had been selectively bred for their
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