QUAIL FACTS

DISTRIBUTIONStrongly migratory; widespread across Europe and central Asia during the summer, overwintering in Africa and India. Resident populations in some parts of southern Spain and southern Africa UKDISTRIBUTION Breeding birds are most commonly encountered in England, where Wiltshire and Dorset are traditional strongholds, and southern Scotland. Only very rarely seen in Wales and Northern Ireland. Though some quail may occasionally overwinter in the UK, most migrants depart for their African wintering grounds by late September or early October and return in April IUCN RED LIST STATUS Least concern, but numbers decreasing HABITAT A farmland bird that prefers open habitats such as fields of clover, cereals, rough grass and overgrown fallow ground less than 1m tall. Avoids bare soils, hedgerows, trees and scrub FOOD Grasses, weeds and grains. Will also eat…

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