This map shows the historical territories of skylarks on the Malverns shaded blue. There were 54 territories in 1988 including on the high hills (red dots). The 8 remaining territories recorded in June 2019 are the same as the 8 recorded in 2018 and compare with 9 in 2017. The number remains at a precarious level and a change in any of these remaining territories is very significant – for example the area nearest the gullet quarry has no skylarks this year or last after the one territory in 2017 was mown over in early July 2017 and has been more tightly grazed in 2018 and 2019. Click to expand the map. 2019 numbers have not been added – they were the same as 2018.
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