Fantastic swifts
They’re back , last night 4 May . Should be some good displays this weekend in the pleasant … 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.
Heron, Shelduck and Hare
Yesterday evening we spotted this grey heron by Alder Pond, and these shelduck on the arable field beside … Read More
Encounters with Passers – by
A good thing about carrying binoculars is that even if you don’t spot anything other people stop and … Read More
Song Thrush
This song thrush was near School Pond yesterday evening.
April 20th Bird Walk
16 people spent a pleasant spring early evening walking around the reserve with Jon Carter. We saw: Redpoll, … Read More
Mammals & migrants
Stoat and brown hare both in FAUNA this afternoon. Interested to see a chiffchaff that had been ringed … Read More
Wheatear plus other birds
This handsome wheatear was in the arable field this morning. It was briefly joined by 4 linnet, but … Read More
Not many snipe now
The final flush count of the winter yielded just 16 snipe: one in the Hay Meadow, one in … Read More
Wheatear
Report by Mike B Saw two of the previously-blogged wheatear, more sensibly on the leeward Aldcliffe Rd. side!