Recent Sightings
This great spotted woodpecker was hopping around the branches in Pony Wood collecting insects. This hare was in … Read More
Fairfield Wildlife Blog
News, observations and updates about what is happening with wildlife in the Nature Reserve and in the Orchard. For more recorded local observations, see the Fairfield Nature Reserve Project on iNaturalist.
New black calf
New black calf born yesterday (12 May) evening. As I was passing the field opposite the Hay meadow … Read More
House Martin
This house martin was repeatedly returning to the water’s edge to collect mud for nest building. The swallows … Read More
Waterside Birds
By Alder Pond there were two moorhen with young. By one of the new ponds in the Arable … Read More
Whitethroats and Hare
At least four whitethroats in the hedge along the pads footpath. They seem to be benefiting from the … Read More
Hares
Four hares seen in Flora Field by the hedge near the oak tree.
Peregrine and stock dove
Saturday 1 May Very quiet with very few humans walking reserve but saw a Peregrine with small bird … Read More
Birds this morning
At this morning’s WWG we noticed Two greylag geese on Alder Pond A kestrel around Pony Wood Quite … Read More
Linnets near Feeding Tables
The linnets are acquiring their breeding plumage.
Red Mason Bees
Good numbers of red mason bees, the species that are attracted to cardboard tubes for nesting, feeding on … Read More