Gould declared 'It has always been a source of happiness to me to have been born and live in a country having such a charming accompaniment as the Sky-lark! How much must our American cousins regret that the bird does not form part of their avifauna! How keenly also is the blank felt in Australia! and how much would either give if the Sky-lark could be introduced to live among them.'

A female is depicted feeding its young in the nest. The flowering plant is the Ground Ivy Nepeta glechoma.

DISTRIBUTION: Breeds from northeast Africa, Iberia, Britain and Scandinavia eastwards across Eurasia to Ussuriland, south to northern Iran, northern China and Japan. Winters within or just south of breeding range.
Recent declines due to radical changes in farming methods