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A nice surprise to whet-my-lips

A fantastic noise awaited my this morning as I went on a pre-work walk ... A quail was calling literally a stone's throw from my house!  I couldnt believe my ears but the call kept coming and at times it was really close.

The bird was calling in the wheat field off Sefton Fold Drive, Billinge but the bird could be heard from the lower end of the horse paddocks too....and best of all I can hear it from my garden!

Now thats an epic garden tick!!!

Paul B
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