Bog Myrtle & Peat

Amidst all the stress and excitement of covering the ground to protect the birds on the Chayne, I may have stumbled upon a population of black grouse much closer to home. I broke some fantastic new ground yesterday, and having been asked at short notice to provide a talk next week at the Newtonrigg Uplands Conference 2015, I can think of no better case study material than the small outpost of black grouse which has lain more or less undiscovered for decades less than a mile away from where I type this now.