A few more flowers
After the rain a walk across Fauna revealed mallow and cranesbill coming into flower with, more prosaically, elder … 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.
In Big Meadow
Found some Self Heal in the Big Meadow yesterday. Picture on the wildflower collection shortly. There is also … Read More
Baby Lapwings
Report by Mandy Bannon Shirley and I rescued two baby lapwings from the pads path this afternoon, about … Read More
Hare, ducklings & wildflowers
On his latest monthly check through the reserve on Monday, Graham spotted a hare in the arable (Flora … Read More
Baby wrens
On the Lucy Brook edge of the Hay Meadow about 20 metres down from the Cromwell Road gate … Read More
A Good Read
A Sting in the Tail, My Adventures with Bumblebees by Dave Goulson is highly informative on bumblebees as … Read More
Shell duck
Not only a couple of oyster catchers in the Arable Field this afternoon but a shell duck. It … Read More
Sleeping? Hare
Very early morning around the long pads – beautiful misty dawn and saw a hare in the flora … Read More