€120K national red grouse survey to go ahead across Ireland’s bogs and heaths
The Irish Government is spending an estimated €120,000 on a national red grouse bird survey which has gone out for tender. According to the last field survey conducted in 2006/7 and 2007/8 the total population is estimated to be around 4,200 adults with the species being reduced by half over the last fifty years. The red grouse is a heavy set bird with rounded body and wings, a short tail,…