More butterflies
Lots of whites flying in the wetter areas of the meadows today, and this Green Veined White was … 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 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.
Dragonflies
Dragonfly paradise in the reserve today with at least three species around Alder Pond, where we watched one … Read More
Wildflowers and (reported) owl sightings
Whilst preparing for the Ragwort Working Party yesterday morning a woman passing by told us that she had … Read More
Wildflower plot
The wild flower plot behind the Fauna Stones has been only a modest success. Goodness knows why the … Read More
Butterflies in the Orchard
The comma (above) and (below) what we think was a gatekeeper ( it was more orange than the photo … Read More
Meadow brown butterflies
Still lots of meadow brown butterflies alongside the Hay Meadow yesterday (12th July). They particularly liked the spear … Read More
A couple of new flowers
Whilst undertaking the wildflower survey today we noted a couple of flowers not recorded on the Reserve before: … Read More
Small skipper
In the Flora Field margin, today.
Meadow brown
One of many in the hay meadow today.
Hare sighting
An excellent close-up of a brown hare in West Field yesterday as Oliver and I carried out the … Read More