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County of Dreaming Spires

Ancient megaliths, snow-dappled hills, snug inns, towering steeples and a vast horse carved in chalk – Oxfordshire in winter offers a landscape of fairytale charm and cheerful festivity, says Ben Lerwill

Of partridges & pear trees

As that ever-popular Christmas song rings out in village squares and churches across the UK, our partridge population continues its steady decline. Patrick Galbraith finds out why this once-common farmland bird is increasingly rare