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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.

More Snipe

There were 7 snipe feeding at School Pond yesterday evening. Still a few house martins around too (in … Read More

Snipe

Whilst ragworting (the last foray?) around the edges of the Big Meadow marsh put up two snipe.

Deer, birds and flowers

Three sightings of roe deer today, two very definite ones of a single deer running through Lower Sowerholme … Read More

Green sandpiper

A green sandpiper was again on School Pond Tuesday evening.

Hare Spotted

We bumped into Sheila Bevan on Friday evening who reported seeing a brown hare in West Field. All … Read More

A couple of new flowers

Here are a couple of flowers not observed on the Reserve before. Marsh lousewort in Carr House Meadow … Read More

Sandpiper on School Pond

Report by Mike B We spotted a Common Sandpiper on the mud at the edge of School Pond … Read More

Emperor Dragon Fly

During the bioblitz Linda Renshaw spotted a pair of Emperor Dragonflies mating above Alder Pond . 

Butterfly and flowers

I am not good on butterflies but the Bio-Blitz people assure me this is a comma. The fodder … Read More

Song Thrush

  This song thrush was spotted last night on the fence half-way between School pond and the paddock. … Read More