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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.

Goldfinch

A couple of very smart looking goldfinch on the Lucy Brook side of the Hay Meadow marsh this … Read More

Baby Lapwings

Report by Mandy Bannon Shirley and I rescued two baby lapwings from the pads path this afternoon, about … Read More

Baby wrens

On the Lucy Brook edge of the Hay Meadow about 20 metres down from the Cromwell Road gate … Read More

Roe deer

As the Ragwort Working Party entered the Hay Meadow this morning we disturbed a roe deer in Upper … 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

Mystery bird

Paul and I were struggling to identify a bird in Flora Field on Sunday evening. It was down … Read More