Mike Read / Common skylark (Alauda arvensis) dust bathing, beside Loch na Keal, Isle of Mull, Inner Hebrides, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK, May

Andy Sands / Skylark (Alauda arvensis) hovering above chalk grassland, Hertfordshire, England, UK, April

Andy Sands / Skylark (Alauda arvensis) hovering above chalk grassland, Hertfordshire, England, UK, April

Eric Medard / Eurasian skylark (Alauda arvensis) in wheat, France. June.

Fabrice Cahez / Eurasian skylark (Alauda arvensis) singing, Vosges, France, May.

Fabrice Cahez / Eurasian skylark (Alauda arvensis) Vosges, France, May.

Terry Whittaker / Skylark (Alauda arvensis) flying to its nest, White Cliffs, Kent. July

Terry Whittaker / Skylark (Alauda arvensis) in sky near White Cliffs, Kent. July

Terry Whittaker / Skylark (Alauda arvensis) perched on post, White Cliffs, Kent. July

Terry Whittaker / Skylark (Alauda arvensis) in flight, Kent. July

Terry Whittaker / Skylark (Alauda arvensis) in flight, Kent. July

Terry Whittaker / Skylark (Alauda arvensis) dropping into its nest, White Cliffs, Kent. July