Red-legged Partridge

Red-legged Partridge

I saw this Red-legged Partridge hurrying across the bare earth and hid behind a bush and waited until it came close enough for a photograph. An introduced species, it is now much more common in the UK than the native Grey Partridge.

Country: UK
Location: Sculthorpe Moor, Norfolk
Family: Pheasants and allies (Phasianidae)
Species: Red-legged Partridge (Alectoris rufa)
Date taken: 27/04/2015