In the latest in a series looking at Shakespeare’s references to birds, Steve Sutherland has the lark in his sights.

This sparrow (mono­­typic genus) feeds on bare or sandy ground. When flushed, it flies to a high perch. Few other sparrows are likely to fly high overhead during daylight. They call both when ...

The bird was from the Ice Age and still had its feathers and talons intact. The specimen was identified as a horned lark and believed to be the ancestor of two subspecies of horned larks that are ...