| Known for its distinctive warbling song, usually delivered
while hovering high in the sky, the Skylark is a small streaky brown bird.
Smaller than a starling, it has a small crest which is raised when the
bird is excited or alarmed. The song flight often takes place after it
flies vertically up into the air. It is our most common lark with brown
upperparts streaked with black and buff/white underparts. The legs are
yellowish-brown, the bill is horn coloured and it has white outer tail
feathers. It can be seen everywhere in the United Kingdom but likes open
countryside including lowland farmland, upland moorland and coastal cliffs.
Males and females are similar while juveniles have pale fringes to most
of their feathers. They eat seeds and insects and nest on the ground in
a small cup made from grass and hair and the eggs incubate in the incredibly
short time of just 11 days. |
