Exciting times for the lapwing radio tracking project at Irish Grey Partridge Conservation Trust! So far we have radio tagged 13 lapwing chicks! Hopefully more to come as new… Continue Reading Lapwing Radio Tracking Study – Update
This is welcome news – fingers crossed, we’re all hoping for a good breeding season for Irelands wild grey partridge
Today, the first clutch of lapwing eggs in 2015 has been found in Boora. The nest was found in the Marl Square – an area favoured by breeding lapwings, which are a species… Continue Reading First lapwing nest with 4 eggs found in the grey partridge conservation project area
The Trust will continue its radio tracking study to look at the causes of mortality among lapwing chicks. 88 nests with eggs and 40 broods of chicks were recorded in… Continue Reading Lapwing chick survival study to continue in 2015
Irish Times Article on Saturday 28 of February 2015. The courtship song of the grey partridge is rather harsh, to human ears at least. But its kierr-ik dialogue used to… Continue Reading Irish Times – 28 Feb 2015 – Grey partridge conservation takes flight in Co Dublin
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
