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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.

Thistles and Insects

The large patches of thistles around Pony Wood were proving a magnet for insects today. There were at … Read More

Swallows

  Three baby swallows, waiting to be fed, by the hedge along the Long Pads   One got lucky.   … Read More

Stoat and Butterfly

Report by Hilary Mitchell

A stoat shot across the path in front of me adjacent to School Pond, about 5pm on 10th June.

I also saw a meadow brown or small heath (it looked a bit small for a meadow brown) on the hedgerow alongside the path in between Little Wood and the canal, Sun 14th June, about 10.30am.  I’d be grateful to anyone who can confirm what it was.

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Exciting Sighting

From Mandy: Yesterday (Sunday June 14th) Mike was surprised by a male(?) roe deer (with small antlers) running … Read More

Whitethroat

A male whitethroat was singing in the northern corner of Hay Meadow this afternoon. Steve Bullen

Brown Hare

Fraser reported seeing 2 hare in West Field today and friends had seen two going away from West … Read More

Deer and more

Report by Michael Sayles This morning (approx 6am) two roe deer emerged from the bottom of Pony Wood, … Read More

Brown Hare

Report by Jennifer One Brown Hare sighted browsing on vegetation at the foot of the far hedge in … Read More

Shell duck

Two shell duck observed on School Pond on the afternoon of 19th April.