On the First Day of Christmas my true love sent to me... The UK’s native grey partridge is usually found scurrying around in fields and hedgerows, so quite why the bird in the carol was up a tree has always been a mystery. One theory suggests that the lyrics would once have included both the English and French words for partridge – ‘a partridge et un perdrix’ – and over time this was simplified to the similar-sounding ‘partridge in a pear tree’ 🌳 #12BirdsofChristmas #12DaysofChristmas #Partridge #PartridgeInAPearTree #ChristmasCarols #BirdsofInstagram #birds