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Farmland food webs

Farmland is home to hundreds of plant and thousands of animal species, many of which are highly dependent on each other forming a complex food web. This was first revealed by our early work on the grey partridge in Sussex. The population of grey partridge was partially dependent on the survival r...

Sustainable gamebird releasing

Download this guide Download PDF » Woods used for shooting tend to have greater wildlife biodiversity than unmanaged woods because they have more shrubs, better surrounding hedges and more glades and rides. However, concentrations of pheasants and red-legged partridges can reduce biodiver...

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Grey Partridge BAP Groups

Re-establishing grey partridges through releasing

Download this guide Download PDF » Background In the UK, numbers of grey partridges have declined by over 80% during the last 25 years, and in many parts of the country the species has become locally extinct. Concerns over the magnitude of the decline led the UK Government to place the sp...

Predation control and conservation

We believe that effective predator control must be rational, achievable, proportionate, focused and humane. Our research suggests that predation can be a common limiting factor for breeding success for many species in the UK, especially where there is limited habitat extent, quality and connecti...

Sussex Study

Our study on the Sussex Downs is the longest-running monitoring project in the world that measures the impact of changes in farming on the fauna and flora of arable land. It started in 1968 with an investigation into the causes of the decline in numbers of the grey partridge. The Sussex Study cel...

Dick Potts (1939-2017)

Surviving winter and spring

Grey partridges and shooting