Common Pheasant and Red-legged Partridge Release Sites with Buffer Zones in England

Natural England provides a static geospatial dataset of Common Pheasant and Red-legged Partridge release sites across England, including 500-meter buffer zones. This data was published specifically to support gamebird licensing from May 31, 2021 onwards. The dataset contains Ordnance Survey data under Crown copyright.

Use Cases

• Assess compliance with gamebird release regulations based on designated site locations.
• Model potential ecological impacts of gamebird releases based on site and buffer zone data.
• Plan land management and conservation efforts around known gamebird release areas.

Strengths

• Published by the authoritative environmental body Natural England.
• Includes a defined 500-meter buffer zone for each release site.
• Specifically created to support a regulatory process (gamebird licensing).

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Natural England

Time Range

Intended for licensing from 31 May 2021 onwards.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-13 13:00:17.073768; freshness should be verified.

Geography

England