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Wood Lark

Lullula arborea

15,459Records since 2000
MayPeak month
45Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan336
Feb1,421
Mar2,503
Apr2,895
May3,277
Jun1,870
Jul563
Aug260
Sep479
Oct1,121
Nov326
Dec142

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Suffolk England3,270
2Surrey England2,932
3Norfolk England2,292
4Dorset England954
5Cambridgeshire England608
6Nottinghamshire England467
7North Yorkshire England284
8West Berkshire England284
9Kent England166
10Doncaster England92
11Cornwall England74
12East Riding of Yorkshire England70
13Devon England66
14Lincolnshire England63
15North Lincolnshire England50
15,421 England20 Scotland16 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 45 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
15,459
Peak month
May
Counties with records
45
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Lullula arborea
Also known as
Woodlark
Group
Birds
NBN Atlas records since 2000
6,763
Conservation designations
Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Birds Directive, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Biodiversity List – England, Biodiversity List – Wales, UK BAP priority species
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Alaudidae
Genus
Lullula
Name with authority
Lullula arborea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
10

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q26969 · GBIF 2490604