{"product_id":"9781805223498","title":"Return of the Grey Partridge, The","description":"\u003cb\u003eA 2024 Book of the Year pick in \u003ci\u003eThe Spectator\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe ground-breaking story of the return of nature to the Arundel Estate\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Return of the Grey Partridge\u003c\/i\u003e 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.Following the estate through the seasons of one year, the book shows how the farm of Peppering is gradually renatured: fields are divided up with hedgerows and trees, beetle banks are built acrossfields, the land is manured rather than fed with artificial fertilisers, and much of it is returned to pasture. Detailed descriptions of nature give a sense of this large estate coming back to life - still very much farmland, but with a rapid increase in wildlife and biodiversity. And the partridges return.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 restorenot only birdlife but to benefit the whole ecosystem.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Roger Morgan-Grenville, Edward Norfolk","offers":[{"title":"Profile Books |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2025-11-14","offer_id":47350557147391,"sku":"9781805223498","price":29.5,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_b2794bbd-6dd2-4f16-a48e-d74ff4362443.jpg?v=1760456270","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781805223498","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}