Don’t get me going about skylarks, as a kid they used to follow me everywhere and became at times a tad annoying with their incessant song, and yet there was always something busy and determined about it as they hovered waiting to drop to the floor and then run to their nest. Throughout spring and summer they were there singing away to their hearts content and yet now they are silent, yes there remain colonies in remote parts of Britain but most children will never get the chance to see or hear one, if you are lucky enough to do so it is only a matter of time before they will be gone forever their homes replaced by yet more housing to meet our insatiable desires!!