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19/07/2010

Rural news. New figures show a 20 per cent decline in the grey partridge in a year - even though it's red-listed. Anna Hill asks if it should still be legal to shoot the game bird.

The Breeding Bird Survey shows numbers of grey partridge - which are already threatened - have dropped by another 20% in a year. Since 1995 it's declined by 50%. Anna Hill asks whether it should still be legal to be able to shoot the game bird.

Also as the Farming Today team recover from their week fruit-picking, there are signs Pick Your Own is growing in popularity after a massive decline in the 1980s.

Produced by Anne-Marie Bullock.

12 minutes

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Mon 19 Jul 2010 05:45

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