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Fairfield Wildlife Blog

News, observations and updates about what is happening with wildlife in the Nature Reserve and in the Orchard. For more local observations, see the Fairfield Nature Reserve Project on iNaturalist.

For bird sightings also see the latest Fairfeld sightings on the Lancaster and District Birdwatching Society sightings forum.

Overflying lapwings

Yesterday morning large numbers of lapwings were flying East over the arable field (seen overhead from the Pony … Read More

Tree sparrow

Monday 28 December – saw a tree sparrow at the top of the slope from the new table … Read More

Bird Feeding Table

The birds have begun to use the feeding table. Not a great photo, but it shows 2 chaffinch … Read More

Pink-footed geese

Spotted on Tuesday 15 December around 1 p.m. on the slopes between West Field and Willow Lane.

Little Grebe?

Report by Mike B Spotted this little bird (smaller than e.g. a moorhen), on the canal by Aldcliffe … Read More