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Barbary partridge population set for another boost
Barbary Partridges 13-01-18 (Photo John Bugeja) Continued success of the Barbary Partridge re-population programme.Nearly 300 young partridges were brought over from breeders in Morocco
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6th April 2018
The Gibraltar Government will release more Barbary Partridges later this year as part of its ongoing re-population programme.
The initial programme started in 2014 with the importation of 270 Barbary Partridges.
The next year a further 37 birds were released, followed by 44 more in 2016.
Last year there were an additional 45 birds released in the Upper Rock Nature Reserve.
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