Grey partridge recovery
Where a landscape supports grey partridge in good numbers, you’ll usually find many other species thriving alongside them. The reality, though, is that outside areas with a shooting interest, wild grey partridge are scarce. So, what does a wild grey partridge shoot look like, and what are they doing that lets the birds, and everything else, thrive?
What does good look like?
Ponsonby Farm: a grey partridge recovery story
A farm has seen spring pair counts rise from 17 to 159 in under a decade, through habitat creation, insect-friendly farming and targeted predator control.
The Peppering biodiversity project
The Peppering Biodiversity Project is a success story for nature recovery being delivered at scale on an arable farm in West Sussex.
Grey partridge recovery in East Anglia: Conservation in action
Among the fields and hedgerows of East Anglia there’s hope of a recovery for the red-listed grey partridge, with shooting playing a pivotal role, reports Ryan Darby.
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How do I demonstrate that?
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Grey partridge
Grey partridge are small, rotund gamebirds with short wings and short, reddish-brown tails. Populations have declined massively and they are only found in good numbers where land is managed specifically for them.