A Quail first reported around 15th July was still present until the end of July at least. I had not been able to get over there previously but on 1st August I decided to try and locate the bird. I did not arrive until about 10:15am which is rather late for a species that sings mostly in the early morning and in the evening, so I was not too surprised not to hear anything, at least in the first hour. I tried an adjacent field with no luck and then on returning to the field that runs from the car park towards Incombe hole I heard a distant song of a Quail. I waited for some time along with another birder and eventually the Quail came very close. It seemed to be just in a field of Barley which was about 15 feet on the other side of a fence. The bird moved along the edge of the Barley calling frequently for about 20 minute. It did not show itself once, but that is no great surprise for this species! So near but so far!!
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| Before the Quail started calling I tried a bit of butterfly photography. A bit challenging as most refused to stop flying. This Common Blue fortunately dd hand around for a while. |
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A quick stop at College Lake on the way home produced this Black-tailed Godwit.
There have been several passing through the county in recent days,so this was no great surprise. |
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