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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.

A few more flowers

A few more flowers observed this afternoon. The first two may be garden escapees but to me they … Read More

Some more flowers

Here are some more flowers observed today Honeysuckle (Hay meadow / Upper Sowerholme boundary) Water Cress in same … Read More

Flowers in the Orchard

These flowers were noted in the Orchard this morning Elder Common nettle Dock Broom March willowherb Dog rose … Read More

GoldFinch

Spotted 13 June 2015. I believe these are quite common here but it was my first sighting. Sitting … Read More

Hare, Sparrowhawk and others

Yesterday, on a beautiful summer evening, a Sparrowhawk flew down from Pony Wood, over the field, a Brown … Read More

Evening Song

No decent photography during this weekends walk so I captured some sound instead. Enthusiasts can no doubt identify … Read More

More flowers

People may have noticed the patch of flowers coming up in the Orchard between the main path and … Read More