Red grouse in the Scottish Highlands
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Red grouse in the Scottish Highlands
Snowfall in the Scottish Highlands shouldn’t make the feet of the red grouse too cold: Its legs and toes are covered with pale feathers. That’s the inspiration for this ground bird’s scientific name: ‘lagopus scoticus,’ which translates from Greek to English as ‘hare foot of Scotland.’ You can find this cold-tolerant grouse on most of the British Isles, where it feeds on the heather in the English, Irish, and Scottish moors.
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