The Skylarks' War: Winner of the Costa Children’s Book Award

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The Skylark is one of 19 species that make up the UK Farmland Bird Indicator. As a group, these species are amongst our most declining birds, and Skylark numbers have fallen precipitously since the mid-1970s. However, the latest UK population trend indicates a small upturn in this species' fortunes. The line was the shape of a long, lopsided smile. A ravenous, expectant smile. A greedy, unreasonable smile, considering how very, very well it was fed.

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Rupert is a childhood friend of both, one of those universally liked people whose warmth and sunshine is felt by all. He goes off to war, and his demise and inevitable difficulty with what he has seen is poetically written. Skylark is among the most well-studied farmland species, and the decline is believed to have been caused by agricultural intensification, in particular the change from spring to autumn sowing of crops, which reduces the number of breeding attempts and also the availability of stubbles during the winter. Actions or policies which provide or encourage a mosaic habitat including some spring sown crops and/or some overwinter stubble would therefore benefit Skylarks. If overwinter survival is a significant driver of the declines, actions which provide overwinter food may also help (e.g. set-aside or cover crops). Anyway, this is a short book, but it FEELS big. It also feels old school, the way it follows Clarry from childhood to adulthood. I miss books like that.He was talking about plays in which most of the time, when there was a gay character, they wind up committing suicide or getting beaten to death or sent to prison," Crowley says. "There was always a terrible fate for anybody who was gay. And so, I was determined not to have that happen, here in this." Clarry defies the convention of the time and aims high for herself, imagining a life of study and achievement, entirely against her father’s beliefs. She is brilliant.

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The Skylarks’ War is a truly wonderful book set before and during World War I. It is about a young girl named Clarry who sends letters to her most loved and only cousin Rupert who joins the army and is then sent to the front line once the Great War breaks out. The story starts when Clarry is born, although not long afterwards her mother dies, leaving poor Clarry and her older brother Peter with a father who would prefer that Clarry had never been born. As the story progresses the characters develop, each having their own personality and problems. I like that when more people are then introduced to the story they all have well-described characters and make the plot much more interesting. The characters are heartbreakingly lovable. The gaggle of schoolboys, Simon, Peter and Rupert, who go from childish antics at boarding school to growing up to fight a war. Rupert, who for Clarry, epitomises Summer. The boys are unfailingly, unflinchingly /kind/ despite their boyhood, and you can feel how much Clarry loves them. Clarry herself is especially lovable, with her determination and stubbornness to not only be as kind as humanly possible, but to get an education and prove that "girls can do anything!" Vanessa, too, is brash and loud and ballsy, but ultimately determined to keep everyone's spirits up during wartime. Our interactive online courses are a great way to develop your bird identification skills, whether you're new to the hobby or a competent birder looking to hone your abilities. Browse training courses Status and TrendsAs one of our most celebrated birds, in literature, poetry, art and music, the Skylark hardly needs an introduction. Clarry, growing up in the early 1900’s, realises the opportunities for girls and the expectations put upon them, are different than those for boys, but she fights against that. Both clever and hardworking, she earns a place at a grammar school and sets her sights on a scholarship to Oxford. Rupert and Peter, on the other hand, are reluctant boarding school pupils, who cannot wait until the day they can leave. The story moves on with the lives of the Penrose cousins. They attend school, make friends and with the onset of WWI we get to see the horrors of life in the trenches and life for those at home. The memories of those perfect summers are dear to the cousins and something that will stay with them. Skylarks are present throughout the year but most often detected in spring/summer when singing and in autumn during daytime visible migration; noticeably low recording during late summer moult.