The black grouse (or blackcock) has actually become extinct on Dartmoor.
He was a good shot and a blackcock, killed when out shooting with the Duke of Northumberland, was for many years exhibited in Keilder Castle.
I have always walked alone or with one or two companions, and I have considered it a privilege to watch fox cubs play, otters fish, salmon leap and blackcock lek without causing disturbance to wildlife or landowner.
Similarly I can recall seeing blackcock, grouse, ring ousel and merlin on Exmoor until the mid sixties.
Definition of blackcock in US English:
blackcock
nounˈblakˌkäkˈblækˌkɑk
The male of the black grouse.
雄黑琴鸡
Example sentencesExamples
I have always walked alone or with one or two companions, and I have considered it a privilege to watch fox cubs play, otters fish, salmon leap and blackcock lek without causing disturbance to wildlife or landowner.
He was a good shot and a blackcock, killed when out shooting with the Duke of Northumberland, was for many years exhibited in Keilder Castle.
Similarly I can recall seeing blackcock, grouse, ring ousel and merlin on Exmoor until the mid sixties.
The black grouse (or blackcock) has actually become extinct on Dartmoor.