Started off near Baldock with Tom early evening looking for Quail and the reported Montagu’s harrier. Three Quails were heard, but with too many people around, a serious effort to see them could not be made.
After dinner the whole family went to Fowlmere to try for the Otters that are being seen regularly at the moment. They weren’t tonight, and apart from a good number of Swifts, little was. Several Southern Marsh Orchids were in flowerer by the reserve entrance.
Myself and Tom then went back to Baldock at dusk, but again with no views of any Quails.
