THE RETURN OF THE GREY PARTRIDGE: Restoring nature on the South Downs. By Roger Morgan-Grenville and Edward Norfolk.

2024 1st edition. 8vo (150 x 240mm). Ppxxviii,195. Colour photograph plates, b/w photographs, illustrations, maps, bibliography. White boards, spine titled in gilt.

"The Return of the Grey Partridge tells the extraordinary story of how wildlife is restored to the Arundel Estate in West Sussex. Prompted by the collapse in numbers of one species, the grey partridge of the title, the managers of the estate woke up to the devastating effect modern farming methods were having on wildlife. Written in collaboration with the Duke of Norfolk, owner of the Arundel Estate, this moving and hopeful account shows how modern farming can work in partnership with nature to restore not only birdlife but to benefit the whole ecosystem."