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There will be some empty seats in City offices later this month as the Glorious Twelfth marks the start of the grouse-shooting season. Pheasants are as cheap as battery chickens these days but grouse is still a quarry that is highly prized both at the table and by the hunter. The birds are becoming rare, their population ravaged by a tick-carried virus, strongyle worm and two years of heavy rain in their laying season. Even when sighted, a covey can reach speeds of up to 90mph and often elude the most experienced guns.
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