It's Proms season, the time where the worlds classical music community turns its eyes to venues like the Royal Albert Hall to hear some of the world's most awe-inspiring compositions.
Among those being heard this year is Vaughan Williams. His composition "The Lark Ascending" has previously been voted one of the country's favourite classical pieces.
Written on the eve of war in 1914, it's a melodic piece with some serious natural history links too. If you've ever stood near a major airport and watched the planes ascend into the sky, you'll have had a sense of the amazement of one of the skylark's greatest feats. The small, brown bird climbs vertically into the sky: a territorial tactic used by male skylarks to show their strength.
No other British bird is capable of sustaining such a loud and complex song while hovering high above the ground. Even more incredibly, while descending the skylark sings.
"No other British bird is capable of sustaining such a loud and complex song while hovering high above the ground."
The skylark's dive is said to have inspired the design of German dive bombers - namely the Stuka, which was used during WW2 in the Battle of Britain. It would dive from high in the sky, screaming as it descended, and its aerodynamics were very similar to those of the humble little brown bird.
Sadly, skylarks are not only falling from the sky, but also decreasing in number. They prefer to breed in areas of long vegetation: they favour grass 20 to 50 cm tall but will stop nesting if vegetation becomes too tall or too dense.
Nearby Springwatch's Cotswolds home, there's a farmer who is helping the skylark by leaving specially cut squares in his fields to encourage the birds to set up home.
You can listen to The Lark Ascending by Vaughan Williams here or listen to the 主播大秀 Proms 2017 performance .