Research into action: grey partridge conservation as a case study

The grey partridge Perdix perdix L. has been described as one of the archetypal farmland birds. Like the skylark Alauda arvensis and the corn bunting Emberiza calandra L., it is closely associated with open-farmed landscapes (Potts 1986) and is therefore sensitive to changes in farming intensity. It has undergone a 91% decline in abundance between 1970 and 2009 (Eaton et al. 2010) and a 19% contraction in range between 1970 and 1990 (Gibbons,...