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Article: Grouse dance date to attract the birds.(News)
- Article from:
- Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
- Article date:
- March 31, 2003
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Byline: IAN JONES
THE lads strut their stuff on the dance floor while casually eyeing the girls who remain aloof on the sidelines.
The boys decide that more effort is needed and perform more elaborate moves to attract a female glance.
But the fairer sex don't seem interested and remain in the background, rarely coming to sight.
Far from being a scene from a noisy nightclub, this is in fact the rare black grouse trying to attract a mate in its North Wales moor land stronghold.
The season is now approaching when one of the most fascinating wildlife spectacles takes place.
And the RSPB is arranging two site visits for ...