When meadow-nesting #birds, #partridges, or #hares disappear, the #fox becomes a convenient scapegoat. However, experts have long since established that the decisive factor is the destruction of their #habitats: intensively farmed land, #pesticides, early mowing, drainage systems, and monotonous crops.
Instead of controlling foxes, we should be planting hedges, restoring #wetlands, adjusting mowing schedules, and reducing pesticide use.

https://wildbeimwild.com/en/when-a-hobby-hunter-has-had-enough-franz-balmer-on-the-pointlessness-of-fox-hunting/

A few days ago, a family of red-legged #partridges consisting of a dozen individuals was spotted in a cultivated field at the foot of the Montagne Noire (Revel, Occitanie, southern France). No doubt as a precautionary measure—hunters are never far away—they always stay close to a hedge that matches their #coloring. The art of #blending into the background...

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Today is Partridge Day, or St Partridge’s Day in the UK. The partridge shooting season begins. 10 things you might not know about partridges:

https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2023/09/1-september-partridges.html

#Partridges #birds #facts

Partridges are members of the Phasianidae family and belong to the order Galliformes, which consists of heavy-bodied, ground-dwelling Birds including Turkeys, Chickens and Quail.

Ten things you didn't know about partidges, including why you will never find one in a pear tree:

https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2023/09/1-september-partridges.html

#PartridgeDay #Partridges #Birds #Facts