M.Sc Students in Wildlife Management from University College Dublin, visit Boora where the adaptive management strategies are used by the Irish Grey Partridge Conservation Trust and the National Parks &… Continue Reading M.Sc Students in Wildlife Management from UCD, visit Boora
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The first draft of the new GLAS scheme was recently announced by the Department of Agriculture. In this draft document a number of birds have been identified as species of… Continue Reading Grey Partridge featured in the new GLAS Agri-Environmental Scheme
This year forty-two broods of lapwing chicks and thirty-four lapwing nests with eggs were recorded on the grey partridge project area in Boora County Offaly. This is the highest number… Continue Reading 2014 has been a good year for Breeding Lapwing in Boora
Twenty-nine wild grey partridges from the Republic of Ireland have been handed over to Northern Ireland to kick-start a project which aims to re-establish a wild population in the six-counties.… Continue Reading Wild Grey Partridges to take off in Northern Ireland
The grey partridge in Ireland has reached an historic high of just over 1,000 birds. This figure is the estimated population of Boora, Co Offaly, where the Trust supports the… Continue Reading 2014 proves to be the best year for wild grey partridge in Ireland
The Trust has just started a radio tracking study to determine the factors that influence the survival of lapwing chicks to fledgling. Through this research we will explore the relative… Continue Reading Radio Tracking Study of Lapwing Chicks Begins
A number of sightings of grey partridges with their chicks have been spotted in Boora. Broods ranging in number from 14 upwards: the pairs were seen feeding with their chicks… Continue Reading Grey Partridge Hatching begins
This is the earliest we’ve found a lapwing nest with a full clutch of 4 eggs – lets hope we get another good year for the grey partridge and breeding… Continue Reading Easter comes early – Keepers find the first Lapwing Eggs of 2014
Street Artist ATM rallies to support the grey partridge and other endangered birds. Paintings appear without warning in the unglamorous spots around the capital city of London – is Dublin… Continue Reading Street Artist ATM rallies to support the grey partridge and other endangered birds.
