Tuesday 30 September 2014

Tuesday 30th September

Mild slightly above average temperatures for September 11 - 18C. Light southerly wind

New South Promenade - Sandwich tern, 2 gannets, guillemot, red throated diver, 2 redshanks, ringed plover, 2 turnstones

North Shore - Rock Pipit, 45 turnstones, dab, flounder, plaice (juvenile)

Marton Mere LNR - 27 Shoveler, 2 chiffchaffs, 2 Cetti's warblers, 8 jays (record count here), black tailed godwit (N), water rail, 2 grey wagtails, buzzard, sparrowhawk, 2 kestrels. Dragonflies; several migrant hawkers, several common darters

Staining Nook - 6 Jays (S), 2 chiffchaffs  

Heron's Reach - 8 Goldcrests, 5 great spotted woodpeckers (together)


You can email your Blackpool wildlife sightings and photographs to sammyandsally @ blackpool.gov.uk (without the spaces)