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From the passenger seat, I often spotted rabbits fleeing down dirt roads and scampering under bushes, many joined by red-legged partridges.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

Weeks later, the disease was again confirmed at a commercial gamebird premises near Wrexham, containing more than 20,000 pheasants and partridges.

From BBC • Sep. 11, 2025

The royal family’s 20,000-acre country estate in Norfolk, where Queen Elizabeth II enjoyed spending Christmas and shooting partridges.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2023

From a reliable producer of affordably priced, good quality wine comes this new line, called “Chac Chac” for the mating call of partridges.

From Washington Post • Aug. 25, 2022

"In that case," Sancho said, "those partridges will be fine for me."

From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios