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
Grouse Lodge Grouse Lodge Grouse Lodge is a recording studio near Rosemount, County Westmeath, Ireland. Designed by Andy Munro it has two studios and living quarters in nine stone outhouses, integrating the existing 275‑year‑old stone structure. It has recorded artists such as Bell X1, McFly ("Motion In The Ocean"), Snow Patrol ("Eyes Open", "A Hundred Million Suns"),Editors ("An End Has A Start"), Bloc Party ("A Weekend in the City"), Laminate, Duman (Duman I and Duman II) Doves, Manic Street Preachers (tracks from their "Lifeblood" and "Send Away The Tigers" albums), Muse ("Absolution") and Royseven ("The Art of Insincerity") and Michael Jackson. R.E.M.