Went with Tom early evening for another attempt at the Quail as I’d heard that it occasionally showed amazingly well (for a Quail.) We waited for the best part of an hour, during which time a Peregrine drifted west, then very quickly east, before drifting east again towards Baldock.
Then, just as we had given up and decided to look elsewhere, the Quail stepped out on to the path (we’d actually started to walk away but luckily I decided to look behind before leaving!) We walked back and had excellent ‘scope views for at least five minutes before it wandered back into the wheat field to continue singing from there. By far the best and most prolonged views of a Quail that I’ve ever had, and a new bird for Tom.
