The return of the grey partridge : restoring nature on the South Downs
Morgan-Grenville, Roger2024
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Place reservation for The return of the grey partridge : restoring nature on the South Downs'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.
Main title:
The return of the grey partridge : restoring nature on the South Downs / Roger Morgan-Grenville, Edward Norfolk.
Imprint:
London : Profile Editions, 2024.London : Profile Editions, 2024.
Collation:
224 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781800819061 (hbk)
Dewey class:
333.7153
Language:
English
Subject:
Restoration ecology -- England -- West SussexPartridges -- Conservation -- England -- West SussexAgricultural intensification -- Environmental aspects -- England -- West SussexAlternative agriculture -- England -- West SussexEnvironment and EcologySussexThe environmentNature & the natural world: general interestWildlife: birds & birdwatching: general interest
BRN:
2910527
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