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Grey Partridge (Perdix perdix)Where and when to see it in the UK

Resident · reporting peaks January to February · Partridges, Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies · BOU category AC2E*F

Records to 2026-08-16 · build 2026-08-31

Grey Partridge (Perdix perdix)
K.Pitk, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Peak months
Grey Partridge: relative reporting rate by 10 km square, September

Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (grid squares, place names from OS Open Names). Northern Ireland place names: OSNI Open Data, OGL v3.0. County and country boundaries: Office for National Statistics, Open Government Licence v3.0. Coastline: Natural Earth. Bird records from the data partners listed here.

Grey Partridge has been recorded in 1,276 of the 2,971 10 km squares covering UK land (43%) in records to 2026. Resident in the UK. Its strongest squares are in England, Scotland and Wales. Reporting peaks in January to February.

Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN Red List, LC)
View on the IUCN Red List
Relative to this species' best squares (how classes are calculated)
Very high
100% or more of visits
High
6% to 100%
Moderate
2% to 6%
Low
under 2%
Surveyed, not recorded
at least 20 qualifying visits, no record
Insufficient records
too few visits to say
Lighter fill
Few visits, lower confidence
Small dot
Occasional: a single record, or out of season

Seasonality

Reporting rate by month, relative to the peak month
MonthRelative to peakShare of visitsTypical class
January 89%1%Low
February 86%1%Very high
March 82%1%Very high
April 100%2%Very high
May 95%2%Moderate
June 60%<1%Very high
July 41%<1%Very high
August 52%<1%Very high
September 56%<1%Very high
October 74%1%Very high
November 69%1%Very high
December 61%<1%Very high

Squares with the highest reporting rate in January

SquareWhereShare of visitsClass
NH66Highland, Scotland100%Very high
NH75Highland, Scotland100%Very high
NH98Highland, Scotland100%Very high
NJ05Moray, Scotland100%Very high
NJ62Aberdeenshire, Scotland100%Very high
NJ84Aberdeenshire, Scotland100%Very high
NJ93Aberdeenshire, Scotland100%Very high
NK02Aberdeenshire, Scotland100%Very high
NK05Aberdeenshire, Scotland100%Very high
NN68Highland, Scotland100%Very high

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