A skylark is one of those birds that you're far more likely to hear before you see! This is not for their small size, or tendency to hide themselves amongst long grass, but instead for their beautiful song. On bright, sunny days from the early spring, these modest birds will fill the warm air with their continuous chorus, right through to the end of summer. This has made them one of the most quintessential sounds of the British countryside. Unfortunately skylark populations have been on the decline...
Tag: bird watching
The menacing laugh of a Green Woodpecker!
Woodpeckers are fascinating birds, well renowned for their tree drilling capabilities, but the Green Woodpecker is a bit of an oddball here in the UK. More often spotted on the ground or swooping low across open grassland, I managed to film one on a tree at Durlston Country Park in Dorset...
A nest full of little Meadow Pipit chicks!
A couple days ago down near the Lighthouse, I stumbled upon a Meadow pipit cozily tucked inside a nest amongst the grass. So when I was on duty to walk the daily ranger's patrol through the park this morning, I took the opportunity to visit the nest once again...