Press Releases
Successful PARTRIDGE meeting held in Edinburgh
14 May 2018The fifth partner meeting of the North Sea Region PARTRIDGE project was held last week in Scotland, with the base of operations at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh, followed by a trip to Whitbur…
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Dutch demonstration sites visited by groups from Belgium and Limburg
19 April 2018FREEZING cold temperatures did not stop 16 people from the Interreg project Grenspark Groot Saeftinghe visiting the PARTRIDGE demo site ‘Burgh-Sluis’ in mid-March.
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New hedgerow planted at Scottish PARTRIDGE demonstration site
18 April 2018Hedgerows are widely recognised as being of vital importance to farmland wildlife, and rightly so. They provide valuable shelter throughout the year, cover for all sorts of wildlife to breed in and an…
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Farmers discuss sowing methods in Belgian pub
13 April 2018Belgian farmers gather to prepare the sowing of PARTRIDGE flower blocks.
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The importance of PARTRIDGE with the current decline in farmland birds across Europe
10 April 2018The results from recent bird-monitoring studies carried out by France’s National Museum of Natural History (MNHN) and the National Centre for Scientific Research reveal that the country’s bird populat…
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PARTRIDGE project appears at top agricultural conference in Brussels
09 April 2018The NSR Interreg PARTRIDGE project recently appeared at the FFA 2018 (Forum for the Future of Agriculture) conference in Brussels.
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PARTRIDGE on national radio and television in The Netherlands
06 April 2018One of the targets within the Interreg-project PARTRIDGE is to demonstrate good practices of agro- environmental measures. The project wants to show the general public and policy makers that AES can b…
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Neue Blühflächen durch Informationsveranstaltung zum Rebhuhnschutz
13 March 2018Anfang 2017 hat Dr. Eckhard Gottschalk auf einem Informationsabend für Landwirte in Goslar die Agrarumweltmaßnahme “Strukturreicher Blühstreifen” vorgestellt.
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Winter feeding important for farmland wildlife
22 February 2018Supplementary feeding during the winter months is a key part of the PARTRIDGE project. It is particularly important during the winter months when food is scare and the temperature drops.
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Farmer Cluster group in Germany given tips on ways to conserve grey partridge
21 February 2018At the beginning of 2017, Eckhard Gottschalk (PARTRIDGE coordinating partner for Germany) attended a farmer meeting in Goslar (Lower Saxony) where an interesting discussion about the new flower block …
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