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Woodlark (Lullula arborea)Where and when to see it in the UK

Status not yet classified · reporting peaks March to May · Larks · BOU category AF

Records to 2026-08-16 · build 2026-08-31

Woodlark (Lullula arborea)
Ján Svetlík, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Peak months
Woodlark: relative reporting rate by 10 km square, September

Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (grid squares, place names from OS Open Names). Northern Ireland place names: OSNI Open Data, OGL v3.0. County and country boundaries: Office for National Statistics, Open Government Licence v3.0. Coastline: Natural Earth. Bird records from the data partners listed here.

Woodlark has been recorded in 366 of the 2,971 10 km squares covering UK land (12%) in records to 2026. Its strongest squares are in England, Wales and Scotland. Reporting peaks in March to May.

Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN Red List, LC)
View on the IUCN Red List
Relative to this species' best squares (how classes are calculated)
Very high
22% or more of visits
High
5% to 22%
Moderate
1% to 5%
Low
under 1%
Surveyed, not recorded
at least 20 qualifying visits, no record
Insufficient records
too few visits to say
Lighter fill
Few visits, lower confidence
Small dot
Occasional: a single record, or out of season

Seasonality

Reporting rate by month, relative to the peak month
MonthRelative to peakShare of visitsTypical class
January 12%<1%Moderate
February 69%<1%Very high
March 91%1%High
April 92%1%High
May 100%1%High
June 79%<1%High
July 25%<1%High
August 12%<1%Low
September 19%<1%Low
October 40%<1%Very high
November 17%<1%Low
December 7%<1%Low

Squares with the highest reporting rate in March

SquareWhereShare of visitsClass
NT69Sea, off Fife100%Very high
SK32Derbyshire, England100%Very high
ST16Vale of Glamorgan, Wales100%Very high
ST36North Somerset, England100%Very high
SU41Hampshire, England100%Very high
SU65Hampshire, England100%Very high
SU72Hampshire, England100%Very high
SU76Wokingham, England100%Very high
SU79Buckinghamshire, England100%Very high
SU81West Sussex, England100%Very high

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