An evening outing to a site of ours where we've heard Quail, We didn't expect much since we had only heard one bird calling, but the endorsement was now on our licences and we thought we'd give it a go, along with a singe 18m net in the wood where passerines go to roost.
Amazingly, we did catch a Quail, even seeing its gradual approach before flying straight into the second panel of our net. A second bird approached close to the net but remained on the ground and evaded capture.
We haven't done much mist-netting of late and the smattering of summer warblers from the wood net were much appreciated.
Total: 12 (1)
Blackbird - 2
Blackcap - 4
Chiffchaff - 2
Dunnock - 0 (1)
Lesser Whitethroat - 1
Quail - 1
Whitethroat - 2