Monday 30th June and weeknd round-up

Sunny cool early morning 8 - 18C, light NNE breeze

Monday 30th June

Norbreck - harbour porpoise, 2 grey seals 

North Shore - Grey seal (possibly same as one of above) 

Town Centre - Grey wagtail

Red Bank Road/Sainsburys - Kestrel (over)

Solaris Centre - Hummingbird hawkmoth (laying eggs on the cleavers aka goosegrass), red admiral, large skipper, comma, 2+ leaf cutter bees (likely to be Megachile willughbiella or M. centuncularis neither have been recorded in Blackpool before), 2 campion moth caterpillars (in the seedheads of the red campion)  

Sunday 29th June

North Shore - 2 Grey seals, 100 common scoters, 16 Sandwich terns, 2 lesser weaverfish, several meadow browns, red admiral

Devonshire Road Rock Gardens - Whitethroat (male singing), red admiral, 20+ large skippers, 20+ meadow browns, 5+ speckled woods, 5+ small skippers, many meadow grasshoppersmany iris sawfly caterpillars

Marton Mere LNR - adult + 2 juv great crested grebes, shoveler, barn owl, 12 long tailed tits, great spotted woodpecker

Warbreck Hill - moths: poplar grey, 2 marbled beauties, 13 heart & darts, 5 darrk arches, large yellow underwing, middle barred minor, others: 2 ruby tailed wasps, Ectemnius solitary wasp (ppreying on hoverflies), tree bees, speckled wood, large white, blue tailed damselfly, Sitticus pubescens (a jumping spider)

Saturday 28th June

North Shore - Grey seal 

Whitegate Drive - Fox 

Marton Mere LNR - 8 Song thrushes, lesser whitethroat

Starr Gate - Grey seal, 8 swifts

North Blackpool Pond Trail/kincraig Lake - Great spotted woodpecker, chiffchaff

Friday 27th June

Cooler than of late 12 - 16C, overcast, rain in afternoon, brisk E breeze

Starr Gate - 450 Common scoters, pergrine, 8 gannets, 6 common terns 

Watson Road - 80 - 100 Swifts

Marton Mere LNR - True bug Grypocorus stysi (no Lancashire records on the National Biodiversity Network), several meadow browns, small tortoiseshell, speckled wood, brown hawker, Cetti's warbler

North Shore - 2 Harbour porpoises, 3 grey seals

Zoo - Devil's coach horse beetle

Please report any sightings of wildlife in Blackpool to sammyandsally @ blackpool.gov.uk (without the spaces)
You can also send your Blackpool wildlife photos for inclusion in the BEAT SummerWatch Wildlife Exhibition at the Solaris Centre 

Thursday 26th June

Overcast, light E breeze, warmer than average for June 12 - 20C

Gynn/Warbreck Hill - Hedgehog

Zoo - 2 Red admirals, click beetle, marsh snipe fly (1st for Fylde), potato leafhopper (1st for Fylde)

Marsh snipe fly by Reece Slater

North Blackpool Pond Trail Kincraig Lake - Shelduck (very scarce here), mandarin, adult + 3 juv great crested grebes

Moor Park Health Centre - 15 Swifts

Town Centre - Grey wagtail

New South Promenade - 2 Grey seals

Wednesday 25th June

Mild 12 - 18C, cloudy, 5mph E breeze

This week is National Insect Week

15+ Bottle nosed dolphins working there way south over the lunchtime high tide, 3 grey seals, possible distant minke whale

For news of cetaceans off the Fylde coast and when watching events are happening join Blackpool Seawatchers on Facebook

Tuesday 24th June

North Shore - 5 Gannets

Town Centre - Grey wagtail

New South Promenade - 3 Idotea balthica, rockling sp, many sand gobies, 2 juvenile blennies, several tiny fish fry of unknown species, many brown shrimps, many green sore crabs, large (old) native oyster shell

Monday 23rd June

Sunny and warm 10 - 18C, hazy light cloud, 15mph NW breeze

This week is National Insect Week

St John Vianney School - Hedgehog (1st live one reported in town this year only a few dead ones seen on roads too, please report them)

New South Promenade - Grey seal
Email your Blackpool wildlife sightings and photographs to sammyandsally @ blackpool.gov.uk (without the spaces)

20th - 22nd June Weekend round-up

A warm weekend with day and night temperatures above the long term average. Generally sunny with light to moderate winds.

Friday 20th June

Marton Mere LNR - 2 grasshopper warblers, 2 Cetti's warblers

Saturday 21st June

Grange Park - Lime hawkmoth (in a kitchen!) 

Warbreck Hill - Ruby tailed wasp, 2-spot ladybird (seem to be very scarce this year - have you seen any?)

You can record your sightings of ladybirds using your phone - details of the app http://www.ladybird-survey.org/recording.aspx


Starr Gate - 150 common scoters, 8 gannets, 7 shelducks, 5 Manx shearwaters, 2 eiders

Sunday 22nd June

Marton Mere LNR - 1 adult + 2 juv great crested grebes, 2 pochards, great spotted woodpecker

Thursday 19th June

Warmer than the long term average for June 14-19C, 7 oktas cloud, light SE breeze 

New South Promenade - Grey seal, 5 juv 5-bearded rocklings, juv 4-bearded rockling, many sand gobies, 2 blennies.

5-bearded rockling

Stanley Park - 2 adult great crested grebes, 2 grey wagtails, treecreeper.

Devonshire Rd/Warbreck Hill roundabout - Nice display of white clover, bird'sfoot trefoil and selfheal.

Wednesday 18th June

Mild again, 15-18C, low sea mist, gentle NW breeze

New South Promenade - 3 juvenile dabs, juvenile sole sp, many sand gobies, smelt(?) sp, many brown shrimps, octopus jellyfish, 2 Liocarcinus holcatus swimming crabs (cast shells), many green shore crabs, dead mens fingers, hermit crab (in a whelk shell)

North Blackpool Pond Trail Kincraig Lake Ecological Area - Mandarin, 4 adult + 3 immature great crested grebes, 2 blackcaps

Tuesday 17th June

Mild 12 - 19C, sunny spells with light high cloud, gentle NNE breeze

New South Promenade - 3 grey seals, c75 common scoters

North Shore - Harbour porpoise, 2 grey seals, 60 common scoters

Monday 16th June + weekend round-up

A mild calm weekend, with near normal temperatures and little wind

Saturday 14th

Bispham  - 3 bass

Town Centre - grey wagtail

Sunday 15th

Kincraig Lake - 47 mallards, 7 coot

Marton Mere LNR - 2 adult + 2 juv great crested grebes, 4 Cetti's warblers, 2 linnets, lesser whitethroat

North Shore - Red breasted merganser (N), 2 eider (N), fish: 5 tub gurnard, dabs, tope (small), rockling

Warbreck Hill - moths; Peppered moth, turnip moth, marbled minor, middle barred minor, magpie, brimstone moth, 9 heart & darts

Monday 16th

New South Promenade - 2 grey seals, octopus jellyffish

North Shore go-kart track - 3 juvenile pied wagtails (nest was probably in go-kart area)

North Shore - 2 grey seals, 90 common scoters

Friday 13th June

High light cloud with sunny spells, 10-18C, gentle SW breeze

New South Promenade
Grey seal
20 gannets

Thursday 12th June

Sunny, very light SW wind

New South Promenade
Grey seal
50 gannets
Dead mens fingers - a soft coral
Many sea gooseberries
Many sand gobies
Unidentified swimming crab
Unidentified fish - Sand smelt?
Dab
Many Necklace Shell egg starnds
Ragworm
Largest beadlet anemone recorded here so far c7-8cm across extended tentacles

Unidentified swimming crab - note the paddle like hind legs

Heron's Reach golf course
2 pairs of great crested grebes with 1 juv & 2 juvs
4-spotted caser dragonflies
Several speckled wood butterflies

North shore
Tope
Shelduck
Pied wagtail taking food to nestlings on cliffs
25 Manx shearwaters
17 gannets

Marton Mere LNR
Pair great crested grebes with 2 juvs

Wednesday 11 June

New South Promenade
Grey seal
70+ gannets
12 Manx shearwaters (S)
3 auks sp (N)

North Shore
Great skua (S)
13 Manx shearwaters
9 gannets
Shelduck

Starr Gate
Great skua (S) - same as above
50 gannets
8 Manx shearwaters
3 guillemots
30 auks sp

North Shore go-kart track
3 codling
At least one pair of swallows nesting on Cabin Lift

Tuesday 10th June

North Shore/Metropole Hotel
14 shelducks
14 kittiwakes
Grey seal

Starr Gate
Fulmar (S)
30+ Manx shearwaters
4 kittiwakes
5 auks sp

Monday 9th June

Little news today

Marton Mere LNR - Hedgehog

New South Promenade
Grey seal
6 Sandwich terns

Solaris Centre
14 - spot ladybird
Brimstone moth
Tree bee
Cucumber spider

8 June 2014

Today is World Oceans Day

Marton Mere LNR
6 bee orchids
Barn owl
Lesser whitethroat
2 linnets

Bispham Cliffs
c20 gannets
5 Sandwich Terns

North Blackpool Pond Trail - Holyoake Rd
c25 Bee Orchids
Grasshopper sp
6 Common Blue butterflies

 
North Shore
9 gannets
8 Manx shearwaters
8 kittiwakes
9 knot (S)