Noisy owls
Got woken up last night about midnight by some almighty screeching coming from the nature reserve. Thought initially … 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.
Flower, dragon flies and possibly partridge
Came across Common Fleabane in the Big Meadow today, see the wildflower photo collection. There were also lots … Read More
Visit to Brockholes
On July 10th a group of 9 of us visited Brockholes ( Lancashire, Manchester and N. Merseyside Nature Reserve) … Read More
Young Woodpecker
Walking around the path below Pony Wood a few evenings ago, we saw two Greater Spotted Woodpeckers. Almost … Read More
Butterfly identification
Can anyone help with the identification of the two butterflies / moths in the photograph? I think the … Read More
Flowers in the Big Meadow bog
Whilst working in the Big Meadow bog it has been good to see quite a lot of St … Read More
Water rails???
Two rather different birds around the outlet to Alder Pond yesterday. A passer by thought they were water … Read More
Flowers and other wildlife
A fresh range of flowers to report: Plenty of rosebay willowherb about and also the rather less common … Read More
Wildflowers
Resumed work ragworting today and noticed a few more flowers. Nice to see yarrow and hawkbit growing in … Read More
Early morning birds
Graham did his latest monitoring walk around last Saturday at the early hour of 7am. He surprised a … Read More