Question reference: S6W-00808
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 16 June 2021
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Current status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 13 July 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the health of the grey partridge population.
Answer
The Scottish Government does not hold any trend data for grey partridge across Scotland, due to low sample size in the Breeding Bird Survey annual monitoring scheme. The UK trend shows a 64% decline over the period 1995-2018. The more recent 10-year trend (2008-2018) is lower at a 34% decline.