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.
Butterfly
Orange tip butterflies observed in the Orchard and Paddock whilst we were volunteering yesterday
Bird Walk on Wed 5 April
Yesterday, I hosted a U3A Half-Day Birding walk around Fairfield which was attended by 16 members. On the … Read More
Final flush count for this winter
Lovely bright, warm morning for our last outing of the 2016/17 season. A total of 17 snipe still in … Read More
Gold crest
Three gold crests were in our birch tree just south of the reserve on the 27th March. I am … Read More
Sunny Day but Winter Birds Around
A couple of linnet in the ploughed field west of Pony wood. About 6 thrushes in the ploughed … Read More
Solitary bees
We met a young couple on the Pads footpath today taking a close interest in the bank to … Read More
Ploughed field
On Saturday there were 4 white wagtail (the continental race of pied wagtail) with 22 pied wagtail + … Read More
East side of Fauna
Visited the east side of Fauna around Upper Sowerholme last Monday (06.03.2017) around midday to see what Diptera … Read More