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Calandra Lark (Melanocorypha calandra)Where and when to see it in the UK

Vagrant · reporting peaks May · Larks · BOU category A

Records to 2026-08-16 · build 2026-08-31

Calandra Lark (Melanocorypha calandra)
Dûrzan cîrano, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Too few records to rate squares by month. Each marked square has at least one record; the table below gives the count and years.

Calandra Lark: relative reporting rate by 10 km square, September

Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (grid squares, place names from OS Open Names). Northern Ireland place names: OSNI Open Data, OGL v3.0. County and country boundaries: Office for National Statistics, Open Government Licence v3.0. Coastline: Natural Earth. Bird records from the data partners listed here.

Calandra Lark has been recorded in 6 of the 2,971 10 km squares covering UK land (0%) in records to 2026. Vagrant in the UK. Reporting peaks in May.

Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN Red List, LC)
View on the IUCN Red List

Records by 10 km square

SquareWhereRecordsYearsVerified
HZ27Shetland Islands, Scotland162008 to 2021unverified
NC15Highland, Scotland22010unverified
HP60Shetland Islands, Scotland22007unverified
NT69Sea, off Fife92006unverified
TA41East Riding of Yorkshire, England22004unverified
HY75Sea, off Orkney Islands12002unverified

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