:: living on the brink ::

Skylark Facts

	Just in England, skylark numbers decline by one percent (about 12,000 birds) yearly.
	Skylarks survive best on undrilled patches (called skylark plots) because of the abundance of insects for young; they can also spot preys easily through undrilled patches.
	Fields with at least two skylark plots have been shown to offer significant benefits to the skylark population. Numbers have almost trebled in some fields since the plots were introduced.
	Skylark plots are so easy to create; it simply involves switching off the drill to create undrilled patches.

Skylark Plot


Plot looks like bare soil.	Weeds grow in the plot. The plot makes it much easier for the skylarks to spot their food.

Reference

BirdLife International (2004). 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 12 Januray 2007.

Donald, Paul F. (2004). The Skylark Poyser, London.

Schollander, Wes & Schollander, Wendell (2001). Forgotten Elegance:

The Art, Artifacts and Peculiar History of Victorian and Edwardian Entertaining in America . Greenwood Press, New York.