Five key reads for the partridge season
It's said that a partridge is the most English of all the game birds.
5. Partridges and the picker-up
Why do red leg partridges represent a particular challenge for pickers-up? “If you are picking-up and standing well back behind the Guns, you are sure to have many birds land around you,” says David Tomlinson. But these are birds that inexperienced — and even some experienced — pickers-up will send their dogs for.”