Protecting and improving green spaces in Lancaster
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.
A flock of 30 to 40 geese enjoying the stubble in Flora Field this morning. They were either … Read More
Lots of butterflies out in the sun. On Tuesday we saw a gatekeeper at ‘Thistle Corner’ on the … Read More
Mandy Bannon sent this message by email: Mike took this photograph of a writhing bundle of big orange … Read More
Walking along the Long Pads footpath this afternoon and spotted Mr Toad. Last year we discovered the rather … Read More
This magnificent but slightly damaged moth was hiding in the thistles alongside the path to the east of Pony … Read More
Report by Jennifer I shared a bench overlooking Hay Meadow with the Dark Giant Horsefly on Monday. These … Read More
Whilst “helping” with the meadow surgery on July 2nd we spotted a sparrow hawk carrying prey along the … Read More
The large patches of thistles around Pony Wood were proving a magnet for insects today. There were at … Read More
Report by Hilary Mitchell
A stoat shot across the path in front of me adjacent to School Pond, about 5pm on 10th June.
I also saw a meadow brown or small heath (it looked a bit small for a meadow brown) on the hedgerow alongside the path in between Little Wood and the canal, Sun 14th June, about 10.30am. I’d be grateful to anyone who can confirm what it was.
