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Old 15-10-2009, 10:12 PM
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Re: Emotional connection to a single species

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Originally Posted by 2dogs2000 View Post
Skylark has that affect on me. Takes me back to my childhood when I used to lie in fields trying to see the lark up in the clouds. Sadly the area is very much housing now and I don't hear them as often.
if you get a chance you should drive down to the berkshire/oxfordshire downs - last year we were working on bury down near the a34 and there were so many larks up the song was virtually deafening.

high point came when one landed on the truck bonnet while we were sitting i the cab having lunch.
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