It is to my mind unthinkable that we should just sit on our hands and do nothing while theskylarkand the song thrush disappear.
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The site was a crucial breeding ground for bird species such asskylarkand stonechat and has been partially destroyed.
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Ground nesting birds such as theskylarkand meadow pipit are also found there.
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I would rather see skylarks than off-the-road motorcycles.
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I had another wicked thought while he was lecturing me on the value of skylarks.
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It is not sufficient evidence for a guilty verdict to show that the behaviour was caused by skylarking or an excess of high spirits.
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Who would have thought that we today would no longer think it commonplace to hear the common hedge-sparrow, theskylarkor the song thrush?
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The children thenskylarkabout, and it is all too easy for a candle to be knocked over and set fire to the bedding.
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Many other sites are being targeted for development, including those occupied by skylarks, stag beetles and other wildlife.
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But since then skylarks and now thrushes—although the thrush is a garden bird, it depends on farmland habitats—have declined dramatically.
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If we are to protect the sheld-duck, what about the swans, sparrows, thrushes, blackbirds and skylarks?
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We are not doing much to preserve lovely creatures such as the brown hare and theskylark.
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No one who has heard askylarkwould say that it should he lost from this country.
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No doubt, they did, but the point is that a few years ago they would have seen 10 or 20 skylarks.
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I suppose that our legal friends may say that there is a difference between misconduct and "skylarking".
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