🎄 On the first day of Christmas, nature gave to me… 🎶 …a red-legged partridge where he really shouldn’t be. This handsome little partridge was spotted wandering around a housing estate in Highbridge recently — a surprising place for a bird who should be sticking to farmland, grassland and heath. He was calm around people, which might seem sweet, but for a wild bird it’s a worrying sign. Being too comfortable around humans can put him at risk. A kind member of the public got in touch, and our t

It's an early one! Today's #DawnChorus call comes from the red-legged partridge. Also known as the 'French partridge', the red-legged partridge was introduced to the UK from western Europe during the 1700s as a new gamebird. | Cheshire Wildlife Trust