Quail at Wallasea Island

Jimmy is home from work, and our dinner is about to be served, when Brian phones to ask us if we would like him to show us where he heard the Quail on Tuesday, a quick word with Jimmy to see if he wanted to go 40 miles before dinner, of cause the answer is yes as this will be a life tick for both of us.
After getting the OK to put dinner on hold from my wife she's good like that, I drive to pick up Brian and we get to Wallasea Island just past Southend -on- sea at about 6;30.

After a drive down some bendy roads we go through the yellow gate and drive to where Brian heard the Quail a couple of nights ago.
I park the car and we start to listen straight away, no sound at first so we walk up the road for 70yds or so,when Brian hears the call and Jimmy gets it as well, but I am not sure as it was a single call, we call out to a fellow who was also there for the Quail and he joins us to listen for the call again.
Brian walks back down to see if he can hear it back at the car, while he has gone, Jimmy & I get a nice long call Whip- Whip-Whip, this happens another twice but the fellow with us can't hear it, lucky enough it calls again & he gets it this time which was good, as we look down at where Brian has gone he is waving his arms  to tell us he has got the call at that end as well, as we walk to meet up we hear at least 4 Quails calling, so target meet for the evening.

As we stand about we see about 50 Corn Buntings, & at least 4 Grey Wagtails, a Marsh Harrier shows  as well.
This is not a place that we have been to before, but we will definitely come back again and spend a good few hours here.
On the way home now, but before we go to far we see 2 nice Hobbies really close to us so the car is stopped and out we get to get nice views of them.


Corn Bunting

 Hunger is starting to bite now so home as fast as we can go, boy did that dinner taste great.



Brian always on the job




Will come back again