Coexistence without conflict, the recovery of Ireland’s endangered wild grey partridge Perdix perdix

Abstract By 1995, Ireland’s wild grey partridge ( Perdix perdix ) was extinct nationally as a breeding species on farmland. The two populations remaining were confined to industrial cutaway peat bogs. One of these deemed viable. In 1996, the National Parks and Wildlife Service Ireland Irish Grey Partridge Conservation Trust established conservation project prevent extirpation this population. paper, we explore impact each management factor key demographic response variables: chick survival rates number pairs. numbers linear metres nesting strips had most significantly positive effect spring pairs, followed by total supplementary food hoppers hectares brood-rearing over-winter cover. Counterintuitively, encounters with Hen Harriers Circus cyaneus did not negatively affect or While cannot rule out contribution explanatory variable, none statistically significant survival, suggesting there may be locally confounding factors that our model could capture. weather conditions during peak hatching period influence average maximum temperature observed in June having strongest association an increase 1 °C associated 9.4% average. Conversely, for every additional mm rain June, 0.23% drop