Fairfield Feeding Station Updates
An excerpt from email from Dan We erected a LDBWS sign on site a few days back. We should … 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.
Bird Feeding Table
The birds have begun to use the feeding table. Not a great photo, but it shows 2 chaffinch … Read More
Birds on Birch Trees and Weasel in the Wood
The upper photo shows a lesser redpoll feeding on the birch seeds, on the only tree with significant … Read More
Pink-footed geese
Spotted on Tuesday 15 December around 1 p.m. on the slopes between West Field and Willow Lane.
Little Grebe?
Report by Mike B Spotted this little bird (smaller than e.g. a moorhen), on the canal by Aldcliffe … Read More
December flush count
It’s impossible to predict how any one count will go: there does not seem to be any obvious … Read More
Reed Bunting
This morning we visited the new bird table in the arable field, and although there were no birds … Read More
Dan’s first winter survey highlights
House Sparrow 87 Meadow Pipit 25 Chaffinch 25 Snipe 22 Reed Bunting 9 Linnet 8 Jack Snipe 6 Song … Read More
Song Thrush
Ian saw a song thrush in Pony Wood this morning , and linnets of course.