Sentence examples for grouse from inspiring English sources

Avery had visited a grouse moor earlier in the year.

All sides agreed that diversionary feeding (scattering dead chicks on the moorlands – room service for harriers) was a good way to reduce nesting hen harriers' predation of grouse.

A second way to reduce the impact of harriers on grouse – a method of forced migration known as brood management – proved more contentious.

He admitted that the presence of hen harriers was a threat to the profitability of the grouse shoots.

According to the Moorland Association, just 10% of moor owners' £52.5m annual spend on land management comes from government subsidies – the rest is private money, brought in by grouse.

Mawle employed three keepers whose work included controlling predators (foxes, stoats, crows) by legal means to ensure a healthy wild grouse population.

Some birds of prey also thrived on grouse moors because of these plentiful food supplies: merlin were four times more numerous on grouse moors than in other locations (although this may be because, unlike hen harriers, they are too small to kill grouse).

So many grouse-guzzling hen harriers thriving in the area meant the grouse population was reduced too far to sustain a commercial shoot.

The "Glorious 12th" – 12 August, when the annual grouse-shooting season starts – will be marked on Monday with an acrimonious row between conservationists and the body that represents English and Welsh grouse moorland owners.

He had been anxious to foster good relations between the grouse shoot, bird lovers and the local community.

If you want to shoot, you want to shoot on a grouse moor".