Glorious Twelfth to Start with a Bang As Grouse Hit 1m Mark

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ON THE eve of the Glorious Twelfth, gamekeepers are reporting a bumper year with nearly a million red grouse on Scotland's heather- clad hills and moors.

The pre-season counts carried out by the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWVCT), an independent wildlife conservation charity, shows numbers are up approximately 25 per cent on recent years in most areas.

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Glorious Twelfth to Start with a Bang As Grouse Hit 1m Mark

Despite the heavy rain of the last two summers, chicks hatched in late May and early June benefited from dry, sunny weather and have survived, pr...

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