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.
Wildflowers
At the end of April we planted 70 wild flower plugs in the wet part of the Hay … Read More
Flower matters
Last week I promised a photo of the cowslip growing in the Hay meadow. Of course when we … Read More
Hare, song thrush and butterflies
Yesterday afternoon we saw this brown hare in the arable field and the song thrush in Big Meadow. We … Read More
Brown hare
Hare sighting reported in the vicinity of the bee hives in Flora Field on Sunday,
Mistle thrushes
A pair of mistle thrushes active in Big Meadow yesterday afternoon.
Wildlife whilst ragworting
The joys of ragworting are limited but this morning we did have one or two good wildlife experiences. … Read More
Partridge
A pair of grey partridge were in the arable field today. Up to 6 linnets around too.
Goldfinch
We spotted this goldfinch singing on Wednesday afternoon just west of the Orchard on the field boundary.