Eurasian Skylark

Alauda arvensis

396,393Records since 2000

MayPeak month

127Counties with records

Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan16,668

Feb24,435

Mar45,408

Apr65,319

May65,456

Jun49,045

Jul26,377

Aug8,457

Sep16,044

Oct42,629

Nov20,836

Dec11,378

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

#	County	Nation	Records
1	Cambridgeshire	England	27,898
2	Norfolk	England	25,295
3	Suffolk	England	17,456
4	East Riding of Yorkshire	England	15,532
5	Kent	England	14,239
6	Lincolnshire	England	12,187
7	Essex	England	9,669
8	Oxfordshire	England	9,033
9	Cornwall	England	8,926
10	Surrey	England	7,767
11	Highland	Scotland	6,798
12	Shetland Islands	—	6,753
13	North Yorkshire	England	6,572
14	Dorset	England	6,317
15	South Ayrshire	Scotland	6,093

332,568 England50,512 Scotland11,503 Wales1,678 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 127 counties in all.

Records since 2000: 396,393
Peak month: May
Counties with records: 127
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
Scientific name: Alauda arvensis
Also known as: Skylark
Group: Birds
NBN Atlas records since 2000: 134,923
Most recorded in: Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, East Riding of Yorkshire, Kent, Lincolnshire, Essex, Oxfordshire, Cornwall, Surrey, Highland, Shetland Islands +100
Conservation designations: Birds Directive, Birds of Conservation Concern, Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Biodiversity List – England, Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Alaudidae
Genus: Alauda
Name with authority: Alauda arvensis Linnaeus, 1758
Described: 1758
Contributing datasets: 56