Partridges

Sunday 5th December 2010

I thought I should post this sooner rather than later while the heavy snow most of us experienced is still in everyone's mind.

Here in north Kent we had a severe dumping in the early hours of Thursday morning so the following day I headed off to the marshes to see what I could get. At the entrance to the reserve a covey of grey partridges scraped the ground to find food. They formed a tight group and it began to snow providing me with a window of opportunity.

covey of red-legged partridges by robert canis

I drove on a little further but it soon became clear that as well as I know this area, I would be foolhardy to continue as I couldn't make out the difference between track and marsh.

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