Fairfield Wildlife Blog
News, observations and updates about what is happening with wildlife in the Nature Reserve and in the Orchard. For more local observations, see the Fairfield Nature Reserve Project on iNaturalist.
For bird sightings also see the latest Fairfeld sightings on the Lancaster and District Birdwatching Society sightings forum.
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
Swifts, swallows and martins
In the past few days there has been quite a lot of swift, swallow and house martin activity … Read More
Catching Up on Bird Sightings
We have seen the lapwings in the last couple of days – one on the ground by the … Read More
Swifts over Fauna
Yesterday house martins, today the much larger swifts were flying over Fauna. I think there were three and … Read More
House martins
House martins zooming over the Fauna fields this afternoon. About six I think but going ever so fast!
Flowers in West Field
I was in the West Field this morning having a look at the hedge we laid and ‘gapped … Read More