Several good sightings this afternoon, without doing any birding:
A Weasel ran across the road just west of Foxton on my way to collect Tom to take him to College Lake, just outside Tring. On the drive to Tring we saw at least one Red Kite (just north of Stevenage over the A1), and another was probably seen earlier over Therfield Heath, as well as the usual Buzzards.
At College Lake, we eventually (after a couple of brief glimpses in two hours) saw three of the Polecats there, shortly before the hide was due to shut. On our return, we did a quick check for Quail around the Kelshall area, but the wind was quite strong and so soon gave up, hearing a Grey Partridge and seeing two of the Black Rabbits there.
