Thursday 10 July 2014

Thursday 10th July

Sunny, mild 13 - 19C, light NW wind

North Shore - 5+ Bottlenose dolphins

Solaris Centre - Butterflies: Small tortoiseshell. large white, small white, meadow brown; leaf cutter bee, solitary bee possibly Colletes davieanus (if ID is confirmed would be new for Blackpool)

Bispham cliffs - several Sea Bass

Lawson's Field - Barn owl

Heron's Reach - Dragonflies: Emperor, broad bodied chaser 

Marton Mere LNR - Common gull, pochard, Cetti's warbler, adult + 2 juv great crested newts 

Stanley Park - 2 adult + 3 juv great crested newts, pochard 

New South Promenade - 2 very brief views of an unidentified cetacean, possibly one of above, grey seal, 2 common gulls (first returnees from breeding grounds), 4 common terns, 60 common scoters, 10 gannets

Starr Gate - 6 Bottlenose dolphins (almost certainly same group as those at North Shore), 2 grey seals, 9 Manx shearwaters, 12 gannets, 200+ common scoters, 15 common terns