The 'Famous' Grouse

With a distinctive reddish plumage the colour of whisky the grouse is a striking bird. I was lucky enough to spot these handsome fellows on a recent birding expedition to north Carmarthenshire. Come August these birds will probably be blasted out of the sky by a bunch of toffs, upholding another of our great countryside traditions.
You might think that to get a close up like this that I must have needed some fancy photographic kit- but no, I was able to get right up close to them. A combination of stealth and luck I suppose...