Red grouse by sheep. Conservation measures taken on foot of the judgment have seen the population in the area double from 400 to 800. The red grouse is considered a game bird and is shot in large numbers during the shooting season which traditionally starts on August 12, known as the Glorious Twelfth. There is a keen competition among some London restaurants to serve freshly killed grouse on August 12, with the birds being flown from the moors and cooked within hours. Shooting can take the form of 'walked up' (where shooters walk across the moor to flush grouse and take a
Sharp-tailed grouse Sharp-tailed grouse The sharp-tailed grouse ("Tympanuchus phasianellus") (previously: "Tetrao phasianellus") is a medium-sized prairie grouse. It is also known as the sharptail, and is known as fire grouse or fire bird by Native American Indians due to their reliance on brush fires to keep their habitat open. The Sharp-Tailed Grouse is the provincial bird of Saskatchewan. The greater prairie-chicken, lesser prairie-chicken, and sharp-tailed grouse make up the genus "Tympanuchus", a genus of grouse found only in North America. The full scientific name of the sharp-tailed grouse is "Tympanuchus phasianellus". Six extant and one extinct subspecies of sharp-tailed grouse have been