Top 10 facts about grouse

There are 18 species of grouse, ranging in length from one to three feet.

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Every year, between August 12 and December 10, around 250,000 grouse are shot in the United Kingdom.

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The grouse is known as 'prairie chicken' in America. Kansas has the most wild grouse of any state.

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Grouse are one of the few animals that can thrive in the Arctic.

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Rudyard Kipling used the verb 'to grouse,' which means 'to moan,' for the first time in 1887.

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People who hunt grouse pose no threat to the grouse" (Prince Philip, quoted in 1988).

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Male ruffed grouse drum their wings to alert hens to their arrival.

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The London gastropub The Jugged Hare will be offering a grouse dinner this evening, "from farm to plate in under 12 hours".

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The willow ptarmigan is the only non-polygamous member of the grouse family.

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