Incubation Success

Countryside management lecturer and technician Matt Thorley reported some good news this morning - the first ever successful hatching of grey partridge. Once common, this native species has undergone major declines due to unsympathetic land management and is now classified on the 'red list' of birds of conservation concern. You can see the chicks in the image below:

Also successfully hatched are some white and silver pheasants (see below):