A morning with Red Grouse

Mountain Hare

I did the usual walk this morning up Flash Lane to Beeley Moor with Ken Smith, Roger Carrington and Mel Hayes, it was very quiet but we did have one Red Grouse on the edge of the moor. James was interested in trying for Mountain Hare up at Ladybower so he and I made the short trip to Cutthroat Bridge then on to the moor. 
We did manage distant views of a single Mountain Hare in its all white winter coat but soon lost it and didn't manage any better photographs.
There were plenty of Red Grouse however, which showed very well and a few snow flurries added to the scene.
I find it increasingly difficult to accept the view that there are good numbers of Red Grouse on Beeley Moor but they are not visible because the population is not so high that the grouse are in competition with each other.

Red Grouse