Grey Partridge population on the increase | 台北市立動物園資訊網

2019年9月5日—TheGreyPartridge,oneofIreland'smosticonicnativegamebirdswasonthevergeofextinctioninthelate1990'swhenitspopulationfellto ...

The Grey Partridge, one of Irelands most iconic native game birds was on the verge of extinction in the late 1990s when its population fell to just twenty birds nationwide.

Now following twenty years of conservation effort by the National Parks and Wildlife Service and local farmers the number of Grey Partridges has increased to about 900 in Boora in County Offaly.

Minster for Culture, Heritage, and the Gaeltacht, Josepha Madigan has hailed the programme as one of the countrys most significant nature conservation successes and said the Government would like to replicate the programme techniques across the country to help other endangered bird species including the Red Grouse and the Corncrake.

The plight of Irelands Grey Partridges was desperate in 2006 when the National Parks and Wildlife Service purchased 600 acres of cutaway bog land from Bord na Móna at Boora in County Offaly to embark on a monumental rescue mission.

One of only two native Irish game ...