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The Queen's Award for Voluntary Service

The Fairfield Association are BBC Winners!

FFOG Report for AGM 2025

Fauna, Flora and Orchard Sub-Group (FFOG). This report can also be downloaded as a PDF.

Fairfield Association Accounts 2024-25

Approved accounts for the AGM. The accounts are also available as a PDF.

Apple Day: Saturday 4 October 2025

Come and join us for a relaxed afternoon at Apple Day in the Orchard between 2pm and 4pm.

The Fairfield Association are BBC Winners!

Fabulous news from the weekend. The Fairfield Association were the winners of the Green Award at the BBC Make a Difference Awards for Lancashire.

Latest Fairfield observations on iNaturalist

mock strawberry

mock strawberry
23 September 2025
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Girdled Snail

Girdled Snail
23 September 2025
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Jelly Ear

Jelly Ear
23 September 2025
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Pear Rust

Pear Rust
23 September 2025
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bushy lichens, sea-fog lichens, and allies

bushy lichens, sea-fog lichens, and allies
23 September 2025
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Common Rough Woodlouse

Common Rough Woodlouse
23 September 2025
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Our Green Spaces

The Fairfield Association in Lancaster is now responsible for around 50 acres of land including: 

Fairfield Nature Reserve
Fairfield Nature Reserve
Fairfield Community Orchard
Fairfield Community Orchard
Fairfield Playground
Fairfield Green and Playground
People attending the stalls, treasure trail and BBQ at the Triangle in the sunshine
Aldcliffe Road Triangle

Fairfield Cycle HUB

The Fairfield Cycle Hub provides secure bike storage for local residents as well as public access maintenance and temporary bike parking facilities

Spaces for 12 bikes

£25 a year

Waiting list

Fairfield Cycle Hub side view

Wildlife observations

Fairfield Nature Reserve iNaturalist project

Fairfield Nature Reserve now has a special projects page on iNaturalist. It includes:

latest observations

species lists

observation map

Get started with iNaturalist

As well as the website, there is also a free iNaturalist app for phones.

Learn how to make observations using iNaturalist

Wildlife BLOG

Using iNaturalist for your Lancaster District Green Space

This is a short guide for local groups belonging to Lancaster District Green Spaces who are interested in setting up their own project on iNaturalist.

August Observations on iNaturalist

There were 65 different species recorded on iNaturalist for Fairfield Nature Reserve in August 2025.

Noctule Bat

Noctule Bat seen feeding over Flora Field

Snipe Sightings

Two Snipe seen feeding in Alder Pond

What’s On

Find out what’s happening

Special Events

Volunteer Sessions

Regular Meetings

Fairfield Association AGM 2025
Fairfield Association AGM: Tuesday 23 September 2025 at 7.30pm

Community Membership

Keep in touch with what is going on and see how you can help. Membership is free.