Deer, birds and flowers
Three sightings of roe deer today, two very definite ones of a single deer running through Lower Sowerholme … 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 recorded local observations, see the Fairfield Nature Reserve Project on iNaturalist.
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
Snipe return
It would seem that for some birds, ‘summer’ is well and truly over… the first returning snipe have … Read More
Hares and flowers
Two sightings of brown hares this morning in the Grammar School fields. They were some distance apart so … Read More