Fowl

Pheasant, wild duck, dove and grouse are our popular game birds. The pheasant was imported into the wilds of Sweden about a hundred years ago and has its origins in Asia. It lives mainly in the cultured landscapes of the South of Sweden. The wild duck (mallard) is spread over all of Sweden and prefers any kind of wetlands. One appreciates the number of breeding couples to about 100,000. The wood pigeon (ringdove) lives in deciduous forests as well as spruce forests, but it also occurs in small groves in the cultured landscape. The wood pigeon usually lay twice or thrice a year with two eggs to each litter. The willow grouse occurs in north Värmland, Dalarna and Hälsingland and to the north in the bare mountain regions above the tree line. The rock ptarmigan lives in the high bare mountain regions in the stonier lava regions where it is well camouflaged.