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Skylark

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Larks — nearly invisible in a sunny sky but worth listening for
'The music soars within the little lark, And the lark soars.' Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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Anja Murray: Skylark, lapwing and the dangers of shifting baseline syndrome
My generation is lucky in many ways... to have the privilege to experience wild orchids in abundance, to bask in the soundscape of skylark and cuckoo. We are also the last generations with the potential to turn the current trajectory around

Wed, 22 May, 2024

Anja Murray: New farm rules pose extinction risk to threatened farmland birds
Anja Murray: New farm rules pose extinction risk to threatened farmland birds
Birds that rely on winter stubble in the fields for food and shelter will suffer as new Government regulations say stubble must be ploughed into the ground

Wed, 18 Jan, 2023

Donal Hickey: Plenty to see — and learn from — in new Cork bird book
Donal Hickey: Plenty to see — and learn from — in new Cork bird book
Urgent efforts needed to save crucial bird habitats

Thu, 11 Aug, 2022

Lark about for dawn chorus
Lark about for dawn chorus

The skylark is a bird everyone loves to hear, warbling excitedly as it rises into the air and signalling the coming of summer.

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