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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.

Tree Bumblebees

Hi everyone 🙂 I was wondering if anyone has seen any Tree Bumblebees (Bombus hypnorum) on the reserve? … Read More

Hare News

A leveret was spotted on Wednesday during the ploughing. Mick and Richard ( Storton) shooed it away from … Read More

Grey Partridge

April 15th evening 2 Grey Partridge in West field by the scrape

Hares in West Field

Early morning walk with Jon Carter (hoping he will record the bird sightings) April 9th . Saw 2 … Read More

Orchard flower

I have been trying to find a ‘wildflower’ in my books for a couple of weeks – the … Read More

Swallows and ducklings

Good to see a single swallow on Saturday 5 April near the canal between haverbreaks and fauna. Also … Read More

An early swallow

Now I’m sure that I saw my first swallow yesterday in Flora. There was one in the evening … Read More

A wet spring morning

A hare spotted by Sue and Glenys, in the arable field, north of Pony wood. And could it … Read More

April hare

Sue and I were in the arable field this morning. We surprised a brown hare hidden by the … Read More

More March hares again

I delayed reading Graham’s monthly report until just before the FOG meeting, so failed to notice that he … Read More