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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.

Jay?

I think I briefly saw a jay in the Orchard yesterday. Anyone else seen this?

Curlews

Report by Julia Just had my first autumn sighting of curlews – a flock of 7 feeding near … Read More

Hare again

Brown hare seen very clearly in the Big Meadow yesterday

Wild marjoram

Wild marjoram in the Orchard but tucked away – only visible from the Pads footpath just north of … Read More

Flowers

Whilst ragworting we have noted: water figwort and meadowsweet in Sowerholme along with deadly nightshade and St Johns … Read More

Hare again

A hare running across the Flora field adjacent to Aldcliffe Road this afternoon.

August wildlife

Grey Squirrel, Red Darter and a Brown Hawker just a few of the wildlife at the ponds today

Wildlife in the Orchard

Some of the wildlife I photographed on a visit to the Orchard on Friday.