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The Return of the Grey Partridge
Roger Morgan-Grenville, Edward Norfolk
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Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik / Naturwissenschaften allgemein
Beschreibung
The Return of the Grey Partridge tells the extraordinary story of how wildlife is restored to the Arundel Estate in West Sussex. Prompted by the collapse in numbers of one species, the grey partridge of the title, the managers of the estate woke up to the devastating effect modern farming methods were having on wildlife.
Following the estate through the seasons of one year, the book shows how the farm of Peppering is gradually renatured: fields are divided up with hedgerows and trees, beetle banks are built across fields, the land is manured rather than fed with artificial fertilisers, and much of it is returned to pasture. Detailed descriptions of nature give a sense of this large estate coming back to life - still very much farmland, but with a rapid increase in wildlife and biodiversity. And the partridges return.
Written in collaboration with the Duke of Norfolk, owner of the Arundel Estate, this moving and hopeful account shows how modern farming can work in partnership with nature to restore not only birdlife but to benefit the whole ecosystem.
Rezensionen
The truly inspiring story of bringing a bird back from the brink through dogged determination.
A full-hearted love song for a favourite British bird
This wonderfully written book ... should be essential reading for anyone interested in farming and nature conservation. It will likely become a classic.
[An] extraordinary story of progress
Charming
A real page turner ... should not only be read by partridge enthusiasts, but by all those who want to recover Nature
A fun and refreshingly readable tribute to an extraordinary conservation project
A moving and beautifully written story of one estate'
'The Return of the Grey Partridge' is magnificent, important, and should be required reading for everybody interested in saving Britain'
A must read
A very good book about a very successful conservation project ... could become a classic.
