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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 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.

The sick cow

Many people have expressed concern over the health of the cow laid down in the Big Meadow for … Read More

Flora in Fauna

A nice patch of Selfheal in the Big Meadow, a blue plant visible from the Pads footpath. Wild … Read More

Viper’s bugloss

A lovely collection of wild flowers in front of the Fauna Stones at the moment including red campion, … Read More

Moorhen

Philip tells me that the moorhen pair are feeding just the one chick

Widlife

Orchard

Hi my name is Janet and I shall be spending time around the Fauna, Flora and Orchard areas … Read More

Kestrel

Kestrel hovering over the Fauna fields as the bioblitz of the Hay meadow took place on Friday evening. … Read More