Ground nesting bird season
Photo credit Keith Lelliott
Help our ground nesting birds thrive in their nesting months of March – August.
Skylarks are just one type of ground nesting bird, and are one of the UK’s most iconic songbirds.
The Surrey Hills is an ideal breeding ground for Skylarks and it supports a healthy breeding population of birds. During the nesting season you can enjoy their song-flight above nesting territories as the birds pair up and build their nests. Skylarks will raise two to three broods of young each year simply to sustain their population.
Nesting season for these birds commences in March and will run until August. Skylarks are ground-nesting birds and are easily disturbed by dogs during the nesting period. To help support this bird to thrive please keep dogs under close control, refrain from throwing balls in the grassland and stick to the main paths.
