The past is a grey area
It takes a hard heart to ignore the sound of partridges in the dusk. You can hardly call it birdsong, but when greys chirrup and skirl in the gloom of an early autumn evening, the hair will stand up on your neck. Here is the eerie sound of history itself. Grey partridges have provided the soundtrack to life in rural communities for thousands of years, right across Europe from Ireland to the Russian steppe.
Greys flourished alongside early agriculture as ancient forests were cleared to make way for fields and open habitats. They’ve been living in our pockets ever since, booming in numbers that would have been impossible without the changes man has pressed upon the natural world.
Man has always enjoyed a two-way relationship with
