Woodlark

Lullula arborea

Rare residents with 3,100 breeding pairs in open forests of Norfolk & Hampshire of Britain, rare Winter & migrant visitors away from their breeding range.

Also breeds in mainland Europe & North Africa.

Adults are mainly brown above and pale below, but with a distinctive white superciliar meeting on the nape.

It has a crest which is quite small and at most times inconspicuous.

In flight it shows a short tail and short broad wings.

The tail is tipped with white, but unlike the Skylark, the tail sides and the rear edge of the wings are not edged with white.

The song is a melodious, warbling song often described onomatopoeically as a lu-lu-lu- or "serial lū-lū-lū-lū-lū-" toolooeet toolooeet toolooeet.