The skylark is one of those birds you will have heard, probably without realising it. The song of the skylark is a quintessentially summer sound. As their name suggests, skylarks sing while they fly. Their song is a continuous series of varying trills that carries a long way. They can often be heard in the main park at Croome, but rarely seen. If you hear one close by, look into the sky, and if you find it, it will probably be a little dot high up, but with patience, you may see one flying close by.

Strictly speaking, this video isn't a Croome bird, but I've not get close enough to video skylark at Croome yet. This was a recording I made in nearby fields, just a few miles away.You can clearly see the skylark with its crown feathers raised, singing its trills. There are other skylarks singing in the background.

The place you are most likely to see a Skylark is when you take the outside walk around the back of the park, next to the farmland. You can see then flying over crop fields, or in the case of these two, they were in with the sheep, in a large dried up puddle.