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Grey Partridge
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Taken
at Musselburgh on 21st September 2021 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
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| Taken at Musselburgh on 1st September 2017 using Nikon D5200 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. | |
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| Grey Partridge. |
| Species: Order: Family: Local Names: |
Perdix perdix. Galliformes. Phasianidae. English partridge, Hungarian partridge, or hun. |
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In the margin of a cereal field. Seed-eating species, but the young take insects as an essential protein supply. Brown-backed, with grey flanks and chest. The belly is white, usually marked with a large chestnut-brown horse-shoe mark. 28 - 32 cms. |
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