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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 recorded local observations, see the Fairfield Nature Reserve Project on iNaturalist.

Partridge

A pair of grey partridge were in the arable field today. Up to 6 linnets around too.

Goldfinch

  We spotted this goldfinch singing on Wednesday afternoon just west of the Orchard on the field boundary.

Fantastic swifts

They’re back , last night 4 May . Should be some good displays this weekend in the pleasant … Read More

Song Thrush

  This song thrush was near School Pond yesterday evening.

April 20th Bird Walk

16 people spent a pleasant spring early evening walking around the reserve with Jon Carter. We saw: Redpoll, … Read More

Mammals & migrants

Stoat and brown hare both in FAUNA this afternoon. Interested to see a chiffchaff that had been ringed … Read More

Wheatear plus other birds

  This handsome wheatear was in the arable field this morning. It was briefly joined by 4 linnet, but … Read More

Not many snipe now

The final flush count of the winter yielded just 16 snipe: one in the Hay Meadow, one in … Read More