Red legged partridge

TriggerPL

hi guys

will red legged partridge survive in the wild here in ireland with out winters .

paul

Birdnuts

I'd say the dampness of the Irish climate would be more of a challenge to this species then cold - given its native range on the continent. In that respect the drier parts of Munster and Leinster would be more suiteable for this species, rather then the West and North. I would imagine that they would really struggle to survive in the type of poorly drained, rushy land typical of large parts of the West and North West. The only place I've seen them estaiblish themselves to any extent(at very low densities in one or 2 locations) is in drier arable areas in parts of Kildare, Wexford etc. Even in the East though bad summers like this one would really set them back as has been the case with the Grey Partridge Project in North Dublin where most nesting attempts have been washed out as mentioned in a recent thread on the subject here:(

wildfowler94

Theres a few Knocking about in Different parts of Lenister, ive seen them all over they do well around cereals.

smck81

hi there,
I Don't know very much if anything about birds but ive just found a picture on the net of a bird i came across sittin in my field with my ponies at my farm in a rural area of north monaghan about a month ago,the bird in the picture is what i saw and it said it was a Red Legged partridge??? my father and my neighbours thought i was seeing things when i descirbed it to them telling me it must have been a hen pheasant but i know what they look like and that was not what i saw!! i was so chuffed to find the picture of the red legged partridge because at least now i have for 1 a name for this bird and 2 i know i wasnt flippin seeing things like everyone thought i was!! lol This is the first one i have ever seen and i unfortunately havent seen it since but an absaloutely beautiful sight it was!!! has anyone else came across one of these in monaghan/north monaghan/border areas???

TriggerPL

smck81 wrote: »

hi there,
I Don't know very much if anything about birds but ive just found a picture on the net of a bird i came across sittin in my field with my ponies at my farm in a rural area of north monaghan about a month ago,the bird in the picture is what i saw and it said it was a Red Legged partridge??? my father and my neighbours thought i was seeing things when i descirbed it to them telling me it must have been a hen pheasant but i know what they look like and that was not what i saw!! i was so chuffed to find the picture of the red legged partridge because at least now i have for 1 a name for this bird and 2 i know i wasnt flippin seeing things like everyone thought i was!! lol This is the first one i have ever seen and i unfortunately havent seen it since but an absaloutely beautiful sight it was!!! has anyone else came across one of these in monaghan/north monaghan/border areas???

Hey mate , it could have been from a release program , are you close to bog and heather ! Are you completely sure it wasn't a grouse , which is equally as amazing to see in the wild . And a native bird too

Capercaille

Virtually all population of Red legged partridge in Ireland are from releases from gun clubs for sport shooting. The bird atlas 2007-2011 shows populations in Cavan/Monaghan. They would favour areas of cereal production. Red Grouse would be found only areas of heather mostly blanket/raised bogs. There is some evidence to show the large scale releases of red legged partridge can cause local extinction of the native grey partridge.

smck81

hey again definatley wasnt a grouse no seen them before out on bragan years ago no cereals or bog or heather anywhere near the farm! as for release programmes round here i wouldnt even know who to ask!

sdfb

A small group have been spotted 3 days ago here on inis mór!