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Martin Wishart’s roast grouse in sauce Albert

In season from August 12 until next month, the red grouse is a game bird with a plump body, a short tail and a lightly hook-tipped bill.

In Great Britain it breeds and lives all year round in the uplands of Scotland, Wales, and northern and south-west England, covering only short distances and feeding on seeds, berries, insects and heather, especially the young tender shoots.