Press Releases

Funding boost for vital grey partridge project

A EUROPEAN project that strives to increase the grey partridge population through high levels of biodiversity has received a three-year extension.

PARTRIDGE (Protecting the Area’s Resources Through…

The UK’s Secretary of State Michael Gove, visits the NSR PARTRIDGE demo site at Loddington

Our Secretary of State for the Environment, Michael Gove, called to visit the PARTRIDGE demo site at the Allerton Project, choosing to swap the current heat of Parliament for a frosty day in the fiel…

Going hungry in empty fields? How grey partridges cope with the lean winter months

For those of our farmland birds which do not migrate, winter can be a challenging time. Not only are there fewer sources of food but also less cover to protect them from the elements and predation th…

Heart-warming major Dutch PARTRIDGE event in a cold barn

"It was a bit cold in the barn, but the meeting was heart-warming!" That was the sentiment at the end of the PARTRIDGE event, which took place in November in the Dutch demo site Burgh-Haamstede. …

Danish Hunters Association visits PARTRIDGE demonstration site in the Netherlands

On Thursday 20 September, employees of the Danish Hunters Association visited the PARTRIDGE demonstration site ‘Oude Doorn’ in Brabant, NL. The Association inspires, brings together and organizes…

Field walk introduces the PARTRIDGE project to the Environment Committee of Göttingen

The Environment Committee of Göttingen is responsible for all affairs concerning nature conservation, recreation and the environment of the city. Just to the south of Göttingen, with the area of the …

Nordsøregionens agerhøns

30 % forbedring af biodiversitet og økosystemtjenester på fire år. Det er den ambitiøse målsætning for Interreg-projektet North Sea Region PARTRIDGE.

A pioneer with a passion for partridges

One of the two Scottish demonstration sites in the Interreg PARTRIDGE Project, Alastair Salvesen’s Whitburgh Farms in Midlothian has its own unique challenges.

Neue Blühflächen durch Informationsveranstaltung zum Rebhuhnschutz

Anfang 2017 hat Dr. Eckhard Gottschalk auf einem Informationsabend für Landwirte in Goslar die Agrarumweltmaßnahme “Strukturreicher Blühstreifen” vorgestellt.

Scottish Government advisor visits key PARTRIDGE demonstration site

Whitburgh Farms recently hosted Professor Russel Griggs, Chair of the Scottish Government’s Regulatory Review Group and recently appointed to oversee the review of Scotland’s Greening measures. This w…