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Skylark
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Skylark

One of the most beautiful birds renowned for its display flight and song. The Skylark has been afforded a lot of attention through the centuries: it is estimated that more poems have been written about the Skylark’s song than that of any other bird, it has long been regarded as a delicacy on the plate and the Victorians liked to keep male larks as songbirds with a good singer fetching as much as 15 shillings.
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Habitat
Coast
Location
North Gare, Teesside
Date taken
22th March 2023
Equipment used
Nikon P950
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A wonderful closeup of this Skylark--great composition, subject placement and setting! I can't wait to hear them sing again this spring. Thanks for the fun facts!
 
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01101001 said:
A wonderful closeup of this Skylark--great composition, subject placement and setting! I can't wait to hear them sing again this spring. Thanks for the fun facts!
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They're already in top form here singing wise. I think you're Polish? Every time I post a picture anywhere I find a fact about that bird, it's just my way of building a bit more knowledge of birds more than anything. So when I was reading about the Skylark last night, it turns out that Poland has more skylarks than anywhere else in the world, apparently in the region of 5 to 9 million pairs (you'll probably know this) versus the approx. 1 million pairs in Britain; and Poland is about 1.3 times bigger than the UK geographically. That's a lot more Skylarks to watch!
 
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PaulCountyDurham said:
They're already in top form here singing wise. I think you're Polish? Every time I post a picture anywhere I find a fact about that bird, it's just my way of building a bit more knowledge of birds more than anything. So when I was reading about the Skylark last night, it turns out that Poland has more skylarks than anywhere else in the world, apparently in the region of 5 to 9 million pairs (you'll probably know this) versus the approx. 1 million pairs in Britain; and Poland is about 1.3 times bigger than the UK geographically. That's a lot more Skylarks to watch!
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They say that, at some point in the summer, there are more Skylarks than people in Poland--that's what I've heard.
 

Media information

Category
Britain & Europe
Added by
PaulCountyDurham
Date added
View count
246
Comment count
6

Image metadata

Device
NIKON CORPORATION COOLPIX P950
Aperture
ƒ/6.5
Focal length
357.0 mm
Exposure time
1/640 second(s)
ISO
200
Flash
Off, did not fire
Filename
SL7.5.jpg
File size
12.5 MB
Date taken
Wed, 22 March 2023 1:37 PM
Dimensions
4556px x 3245px

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