The Digestion of Heather by Red Grouse during the Spring

Red Grouse (Lagopus lagopus scoticus) feed cock and hen accompany each other closely, usually largely on heather (Callurn vulgaris) through-feeding within 2-3 m of each other and roosting out the year (Jenkins et al. 1963).Heather is within a few meters.They feed sporadically througha poor food by agricultural standards, contain-out the day, but an hour or two before dusk they begin to feed steadily as they fill their crops for ing little protein (SO-100 g/kg) and phosthe night (Savory 1974).As spring approaches they phorus (OS-l g/kg) and much crude fibre tend to concentrate their feeding in one or two (about 250 g/kg).favorite spots within the territory (Lance 1975).Of The breeding performance and breeding the four pairs watched, one pair could usually be Condor, Vol.