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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.

December Winter Flush Count

Graham, Paul and I went for our monthly winter wander through the fields and marshes of Fauna this … Read More

Cattle in Flora

Walkers down the Pads footpath will have noticed the cattle in the ex-Gleesons Field following our opening of … Read More

Hedgehog

Hedgehog seen shuffling down Big Meadow parallel to the Pads footpath on the afternoon of 22nd November

Bird records

On 3rd November a Perigrine Falcon flew low near Cromwell Pool. This may be a new record for … Read More

Pheasant (and that jay)

A red pheasant observed in the Big Meadow alongside Lucy Brook this afternoon. And there was that jay … Read More

JAY

Jay

Two definite sightings of a jay in the Orchard on 28th and 29th October

Various

There were a few bits and pieces of note as I walked through FAUNA this morning, including a … Read More