Red Grouse
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Lagopus lagopus scotia
Locally common upland resident with 150,000 pairs breeding in Britain, mainly Scotland, Wales Yorkshire & Shropshire.
4,200 breeding in Ireland.
Male's tail is black and the legs are white & there are white stripes on the underwings and red crests above the eyes.
Females are less reddish than the males and have less prominent crests.
Juveniles are duller and lack the red crests.
The call is distinctive a 'chut!chut!chut!chut!chut!chuttt....' call, or the 'Goback, goback, goback' vocalisation.
The wings make a whirring sound when the bird is disturbed from a resting place.