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Rather a lot, but all grouse are wild birds, not reared and released. Pheasants and red legged partridge are are very different matter.
The one problem with banning game bird release is that without it a lot more countryside would become plains of monoculture separated by barbed wire. Woodlands, hedges, headlands and game crops don't just benefit gamebirds.
ColinTheBald
https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/10/calls-to-ban-gamebird-release-to-avoid-catastrophic-avian-flu-outbreak
Possibly ugly situation, but this fact struck me as particularly insane: