Our Quail live with our cockatiels and they get on very well. They are always laying eggs, are quite noisy and are very athletic at jumping from branch to branch.

They are from the same family as Partridges and pheasants

A small gamebird - the combination of its stocky body and long, pointed wings makes it quite distinctive. Its upper parts are brown, streaked and barred with buff, while its underparts are a warm buffy orange. Rarely seen it is more usually heard giving its distinctive 'wet-my lips' call. It is the UK's only migrant gamebird, reaching the northern fringes of the its breeding range here. It is a Amber List species because of a partial recovery from its historical decline as a UK breeding species.

Traditional strongholds appear to be parts of Wiltshire and Dorset, and in good years the Welsh Marches, East Anglia, low-lying parts of northern England and parts of southern Scotland can be occupied by calling birds. Very difficult to see - easier to hear, usually calling from grass or cereal fields. They eat seeds and insects