Store-SkagastølstindScandinavian Mountains over 2000 metres - James Baxter
Flora & Fauna › Birds › Ruff
Philomachus pugnax, Ruff, Brushane. 28cm.
An uncommon visitor to marshy areas in the moorland zone.
After a lek (dance like play) the female chooses a male, mates and then makes a nest amongst the grasses.
They eat insects and their larvae during the summer.
The males' ruffs have a collar of feathers to display during the lek with which to attract the females, also called reeves. Females lack this collar and are slightly darker and smaller.