LARK is larger than a house sparrow, and smaller than a starling; breeds from
Britain to Siberia, and south to India and North Africa; and nests on
the ground in open areas: meadows, salt marshes, heaths and farmland.
The nest is a cup on the ground made from grass and hair.
Unlike most perching birds, the male sings in flight, and what a flight:
he starts up suddenly from the ground, goes up high in the sky––50 to
100 meters––and hovers there for a few minutes, then plummets down to
land on the ground.
And all this time he is singing: while he rises so
high that he may be scarcely visible, while he stays aloft, while he
plunges to the earth again
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