A mixed May day with warm nights and a cold day 10 - 12C heavy overnight rain then mostly sunny spells with a strong SW wind
Marton Mere LNR - 2 Lesser whitethroats, grasshopper warbler, 4 willow warblers, 2 chiffchaffs, 5 Cetti's warblers, 2 pairs linnets, 4 swifts, 2 grey wagtails, several elvers
New South Promenade - Harbour porpoise, grey seal, 8 Manx shearwaters, 40 gannets, 2 common terns, guillemot
Stanley Park - Treecreeper, 2 pairs great crested grebes + juvs, 2 swifts, 10 house martins, 15 sand martins
North Blackpool Pond Trail - Pair Great crested grebes + juv, pair grest spotted woodpeckers, 3 tufted ducks
Lawson's field - 2 Wheatears, 2 whitethroats
Lawson's Wetland - Lesser whitethroat, kestrel
Please send your Blackpool wildlife news and any photos to sammyandsally @ blackpool.gov.uk (without the spaces)
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Volunteer Days at Marton Mere LNR are now every Tuesday 10am - 3pm - All welcome. Wear suitable footwear and bring your lunch.
There may also be some volunteering opportunities suitable for school/works/community groups etc. Contact Annie on 07469 038520 or annie.heslop @ blackpool.gov.uk (without the spaces) for full details of projects, dates and times.
Blackpool Conservation Team are also on Twitter @BlackpoolCT for you to follow and join in their excellent work
Tuesday, 12 May 2015
Monday, 11 May 2015
Weekend round-up 8th - 10th May
Still cool for early May with temperatures struggling to reach average 2 - 15C mosstly sunny spells with some lengthy periods of rain on Friday. Winds variable in direction and moderate in strength
Sunday 10th May
Marton Mere LNR - 30 Swifts, 15 house martins, 10 swallows, lesser witethroat, 2 sparrowhawks, buzzard
Stanley Park - Spotted flycatcher
Blackpool 6th form College - 2 Lesser whitethroats, 3 blackcaps,5 linnets
Saturday 9th May
Marton Mere LNR - Common sandpiper, 2 sand martins, great spotted woodpecker, 2 lesser whitethroats, 4 Cetti's warblers, 2 whitethroats, 2 swifts, buzzard, toad.
Lawson's Wetland - Whinchat, 6 reed buntings, 6 swallows, sedge warbler, Cetti's warbler
Watson Road Park - Swift
Friday 8th May
Lawson's Wetland - 2 Sedge warblers, whitethroat, Cetti's warbler, kestrel
Stanley Park - 2 Treecreepers
De Vere hotel entrance pool - Reed warbler, 2 mistle thrushes
Please send your Blackpool wildlife news and any photos to sammyandsally @ blackpool.gov.uk (without the spaces)
There is a Facebook group for all things Marton Mere LNR including news of events and volunteer projects
There is also a page specifically for wildlife news at Marton Mere https://www.facebook.com/groups/343548299164728/ please Like, Share and post your sightings and wildlife photos from the nature reserve
Follow Marton Mere LNR on twitter @MartonMereLNR
Volunteer Days at Marton Mere LNR are now every Tuesday 10am - 3pm - All welcome. Wear suitable footwear and bring your lunch.
There may also be some volunteering opportunities suitable for school/works/community groups etc. Contact Annie on 07469 038520 or annie.heslop @ blackpool.gov.uk (without the spaces) for full details of projects, dates and times.
Blackpool Conservation Team are also on Twitter @BlackpoolCT for you to follow and join in their excellent work
Sunday 10th May
Marton Mere LNR - 30 Swifts, 15 house martins, 10 swallows, lesser witethroat, 2 sparrowhawks, buzzard
Stanley Park - Spotted flycatcher
Blackpool 6th form College - 2 Lesser whitethroats, 3 blackcaps,5 linnets
Saturday 9th May
Marton Mere LNR - Common sandpiper, 2 sand martins, great spotted woodpecker, 2 lesser whitethroats, 4 Cetti's warblers, 2 whitethroats, 2 swifts, buzzard, toad.
Lawson's Wetland - Whinchat, 6 reed buntings, 6 swallows, sedge warbler, Cetti's warbler
Watson Road Park - Swift
Friday 8th May
Lawson's Wetland - 2 Sedge warblers, whitethroat, Cetti's warbler, kestrel
Stanley Park - 2 Treecreepers
De Vere hotel entrance pool - Reed warbler, 2 mistle thrushes
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| Female great cested newt |
There is a Facebook group for all things Marton Mere LNR including news of events and volunteer projects
There is also a page specifically for wildlife news at Marton Mere https://www.facebook.com/groups/343548299164728/ please Like, Share and post your sightings and wildlife photos from the nature reserve
Follow Marton Mere LNR on twitter @MartonMereLNR
Volunteer Days at Marton Mere LNR are now every Tuesday 10am - 3pm - All welcome. Wear suitable footwear and bring your lunch.
There may also be some volunteering opportunities suitable for school/works/community groups etc. Contact Annie on 07469 038520 or annie.heslop @ blackpool.gov.uk (without the spaces) for full details of projects, dates and times.
Blackpool Conservation Team are also on Twitter @BlackpoolCT for you to follow and join in their excellent work
Friday, 8 May 2015
Thursday 8th May
Milder 9 - 11C mostly sunny with a light south westerly wind
New South Promenade - 50 Sandwich terns (resting on beach)
Marton - 4 Swifts
Marton Mere LNR - Stoat (with prey), 4 Cetti's warblers, grasshopper warbler
Lawson's Wetland - Kestrel, grasshopper warbler, Cetti's warbler, 2 sedge warblers, whitethroat
Solaris Centre - Tree bee, red tailed bumble bee, buff tailed bumble bee, cinnabar moth
De Vere entrance pool - Reed warbler, mistle thrush (recently fledged juvenile)
Please send your Blackpool wildlife news and any photos to sammyandsally @ blackpool.gov.uk (without the spaces)
There is a Facebook group for all things Marton Mere LNR including news of events and volunteer projects
There is also a page specifically for wildlife news at Marton Mere https://www.facebook.com/groups/343548299164728/ please Like, Share and post your sightings and wildlife photos from the nature reserve
Follow Marton Mere LNR on twitter @MartonMereLNR
Volunteer Days at Marton Mere LNR are now every Tuesday 10am - 3pm - All welcome. Wear suitable footwear and bring your lunch.
There may also be some volunteering opportunities suitable for school/works/community groups etc. Contact Annie on 07469 038520 or annie.heslop @ blackpool.gov.uk (without the spaces) for full details of projects, dates and times.
Blackpool Conservation Team are also on Twitter @BlackpoolCT for you to follow and join in their excellent work
New South Promenade - 50 Sandwich terns (resting on beach)
Marton - 4 Swifts
Marton Mere LNR - Stoat (with prey), 4 Cetti's warblers, grasshopper warbler
Lawson's Wetland - Kestrel, grasshopper warbler, Cetti's warbler, 2 sedge warblers, whitethroat
Solaris Centre - Tree bee, red tailed bumble bee, buff tailed bumble bee, cinnabar moth
De Vere entrance pool - Reed warbler, mistle thrush (recently fledged juvenile)
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| Sedge warbler at Lawson's Wetland by Barry Dean |
Please send your Blackpool wildlife news and any photos to sammyandsally @ blackpool.gov.uk (without the spaces)
There is a Facebook group for all things Marton Mere LNR including news of events and volunteer projects
There is also a page specifically for wildlife news at Marton Mere https://www.facebook.com/groups/343548299164728/ please Like, Share and post your sightings and wildlife photos from the nature reserve
Follow Marton Mere LNR on twitter @MartonMereLNR
Volunteer Days at Marton Mere LNR are now every Tuesday 10am - 3pm - All welcome. Wear suitable footwear and bring your lunch.
There may also be some volunteering opportunities suitable for school/works/community groups etc. Contact Annie on 07469 038520 or annie.heslop @ blackpool.gov.uk (without the spaces) for full details of projects, dates and times.
Blackpool Conservation Team are also on Twitter @BlackpoolCT for you to follow and join in their excellent work
Thursday, 7 May 2015
Wednesday 6th May
A cool May day 7 - 11C heavy rain in the morning brightening up later with a strong southerly then south westerly wind.
Town Centre - Peregrine
North Blackpool Pond Trail - Great spotted woodpecker
New South Promenade - 6 Manx shearwaters, 3 Arctic skuas, 26 gannets, 10 kittiwakes, 6 common terns
Please send your Blackpool wildlife news and any photos to sammyandsally @ blackpool.gov.uk (without the spaces)
There is a Facebook group for all things Marton Mere LNR including news of events and volunteer projects
There is also a page specifically for wildlife news at Marton Mere https://www.facebook.com/groups/343548299164728/ please Like, Share and post your sightings and wildlife photos from the nature reserve
Follow Marton Mere LNR on twitter @MartonMereLNR
Volunteer Days at Marton Mere LNR are now every Tuesday 10am - 3pm - All welcome. Wear suitable footwear and bring your lunch.
There may also be some volunteering opportunities suitable for school/works/community groups etc. Contact Annie on 07469 038520 or annie.heslop @ blackpool.gov.uk (without the spaces) for full details of projects, dates and times.
Blackpool Conservation Team are also on Twitter @BlackpoolCT for you to follow and join in their excellent work
Town Centre - Peregrine
North Blackpool Pond Trail - Great spotted woodpecker
New South Promenade - 6 Manx shearwaters, 3 Arctic skuas, 26 gannets, 10 kittiwakes, 6 common terns
Please send your Blackpool wildlife news and any photos to sammyandsally @ blackpool.gov.uk (without the spaces)
There is a Facebook group for all things Marton Mere LNR including news of events and volunteer projects
There is also a page specifically for wildlife news at Marton Mere https://www.facebook.com/groups/343548299164728/ please Like, Share and post your sightings and wildlife photos from the nature reserve
Follow Marton Mere LNR on twitter @MartonMereLNR
Volunteer Days at Marton Mere LNR are now every Tuesday 10am - 3pm - All welcome. Wear suitable footwear and bring your lunch.
There may also be some volunteering opportunities suitable for school/works/community groups etc. Contact Annie on 07469 038520 or annie.heslop @ blackpool.gov.uk (without the spaces) for full details of projects, dates and times.
Blackpool Conservation Team are also on Twitter @BlackpoolCT for you to follow and join in their excellent work
Wednesday, 6 May 2015
Tuesday 5th May
Warmer than recently 9 - 14C Rain then sunny spells with heavy rain in the evening, blustery SE wind turning south westerly.
Town Centre - Peregrine
Marton - 2 Swifts
Stanley Park - 3 Swifts
Starr Gate - 2 Manx shearwaters, great skua, Arctic skua, fulmar, 2 red breasted mergansers, 25 Sandwich terns, 6 common terms
Please send your Blackpool wildlife news and any photos to sammyandsally @ blackpool.gov.uk (without the spaces)
There is a Facebook group for all things Marton Mere LNR including news of events and volunteer projects
There is also a page specifically for wildlife news at Marton Mere https://www.facebook.com/groups/343548299164728/ please Like, Share and post your sightings and wildlife photos from the nature reserve
Follow Marton Mere LNR on twitter @MartonMereLNR
Volunteer Days at Marton Mere LNR are now every Tuesday 10am - 3pm - All welcome. Wear suitable footwear and bring your lunch.
There may also be some volunteering opportunities suitable for school/works/community groups etc. Contact Annie on 07469 038520 or annie.heslop @ blackpool.gov.uk (without the spaces) for full details of projects, dates and times.
Blackpool Conservation Team are also on Twitter @BlackpoolCT for you to follow and join in their excellent work
Town Centre - Peregrine
Marton - 2 Swifts
Stanley Park - 3 Swifts
Starr Gate - 2 Manx shearwaters, great skua, Arctic skua, fulmar, 2 red breasted mergansers, 25 Sandwich terns, 6 common terms
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| 4-Spotted chaser - look out for these they'll be on the wing soon |
There is a Facebook group for all things Marton Mere LNR including news of events and volunteer projects
There is also a page specifically for wildlife news at Marton Mere https://www.facebook.com/groups/343548299164728/ please Like, Share and post your sightings and wildlife photos from the nature reserve
Follow Marton Mere LNR on twitter @MartonMereLNR
Volunteer Days at Marton Mere LNR are now every Tuesday 10am - 3pm - All welcome. Wear suitable footwear and bring your lunch.
There may also be some volunteering opportunities suitable for school/works/community groups etc. Contact Annie on 07469 038520 or annie.heslop @ blackpool.gov.uk (without the spaces) for full details of projects, dates and times.
Blackpool Conservation Team are also on Twitter @BlackpoolCT for you to follow and join in their excellent work
Tuesday, 5 May 2015
Friday 1st - Monday 4th May
Still cool for the time of year 0 - 14C. A mixed weekend with some sunny spells and heavy rain on Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning. A strong easterly wind lightened and turned south westerly on Monday.
Monday 4th May
Starr Gate - Fulmar (S), 22 gannets, 13 Arctic terns, 8 Sandwich terns, 13 whimbrels (N)
Marton Mere LNR - Swift, 10 whimbrels (on island), whinchat (on island), 12 blackcaps, 2 sedge warblers, 6 reed warblers, 5 Cetti's warblers, 4 chiffchaffs, lesser whitethroat, 4 whitethroats, little grebe, 5 stock doves, orange tip butterfly
De Vere Hotel entrance pond - 2 reed warblers
Lawson's Wetland - Cetti's warbler
Sunday 3rd May
Marton Mere LNR - Green sandpiper, common sandpiper, whinchat, lesser whitethroat, 3 Cetti's warbler
Saturday 2nd May
Stanley Park - 20 Coots, 6 tufted ducks, 4 great crested grebes
Lawson's Wetland - Grasshopper warbler
Marton Mere LNR - Wood warbler, lesser whitethroat, great spotted woodpecker
Friday 1st May
Lawson's Wetland - Roe deer, Cetti's warbler, whitethroat
Gynn Gardens - Redstart, whitethroat, 2 willow warblers
Marton Mere LNR - 4 Chiffchaffs, 3 willow warblers, 2 Cetti's warblers, 6 reed warblers, 2 common sandpipers, buzzard
Staining Nook - Lesser whitethroat
Stanley Park - 2 pairs of Great crested grebes with young, 2 common sandpipers
Warbreck Hill - Chiffchaff, 2 grey lag geese
New South Promenade - Grey seal, 5 Sandwich terns, 4 red throated divers
Please send your Blackpool wildlife news and any photos to sammyandsally @ blackpool.gov.uk (without the spaces)
There is a Facebook group for all things Marton Mere LNR including news of events and volunteer projects
There is also a page specifically for wildlife news at Marton Mere https://www.facebook.com/groups/343548299164728/ please Like, Share and post your sightings and wildlife photos from the nature reserve
Follow Marton Mere LNR on twitter @MartonMereLNR
Volunteer Days at Marton Mere LNR are now every Tuesday 10am - 3pm - All welcome. Wear suitable footwear and bring your lunch.
There may also be some volunteering opportunities suitable for school/works/community groups etc. Contact Annie on 07469 038520 or annie.heslop @ blackpool.gov.uk (without the spaces) for full details of projects, dates and times.
Blackpool Conservation Team are also on Twitter @BlackpoolCT for you to follow and join in their excellent work
Monday 4th May
Starr Gate - Fulmar (S), 22 gannets, 13 Arctic terns, 8 Sandwich terns, 13 whimbrels (N)
Marton Mere LNR - Swift, 10 whimbrels (on island), whinchat (on island), 12 blackcaps, 2 sedge warblers, 6 reed warblers, 5 Cetti's warblers, 4 chiffchaffs, lesser whitethroat, 4 whitethroats, little grebe, 5 stock doves, orange tip butterfly
De Vere Hotel entrance pond - 2 reed warblers
Lawson's Wetland - Cetti's warbler
Sunday 3rd May
Marton Mere LNR - Green sandpiper, common sandpiper, whinchat, lesser whitethroat, 3 Cetti's warbler
Saturday 2nd May
Stanley Park - 20 Coots, 6 tufted ducks, 4 great crested grebes
Lawson's Wetland - Grasshopper warbler
Marton Mere LNR - Wood warbler, lesser whitethroat, great spotted woodpecker
Friday 1st May
Lawson's Wetland - Roe deer, Cetti's warbler, whitethroat
Gynn Gardens - Redstart, whitethroat, 2 willow warblers
Marton Mere LNR - 4 Chiffchaffs, 3 willow warblers, 2 Cetti's warblers, 6 reed warblers, 2 common sandpipers, buzzard
Staining Nook - Lesser whitethroat
Stanley Park - 2 pairs of Great crested grebes with young, 2 common sandpipers
Warbreck Hill - Chiffchaff, 2 grey lag geese
New South Promenade - Grey seal, 5 Sandwich terns, 4 red throated divers
Please send your Blackpool wildlife news and any photos to sammyandsally @ blackpool.gov.uk (without the spaces)
There is a Facebook group for all things Marton Mere LNR including news of events and volunteer projects
There is also a page specifically for wildlife news at Marton Mere https://www.facebook.com/groups/343548299164728/ please Like, Share and post your sightings and wildlife photos from the nature reserve
Follow Marton Mere LNR on twitter @MartonMereLNR
Volunteer Days at Marton Mere LNR are now every Tuesday 10am - 3pm - All welcome. Wear suitable footwear and bring your lunch.
There may also be some volunteering opportunities suitable for school/works/community groups etc. Contact Annie on 07469 038520 or annie.heslop @ blackpool.gov.uk (without the spaces) for full details of projects, dates and times.
Blackpool Conservation Team are also on Twitter @BlackpoolCT for you to follow and join in their excellent work
Friday, 1 May 2015
Thursday 30th April
A slightly better day 4 - 12C mostly sunny spells with heavy sleety showers early evening, brisk NW wind.
Marton Mere LNR - Little egret (on scrape), swift, 3 grasshopper warblers, 9 whimbrels (east fields), lesser whitethroat, whitethroat, 6 sedge warblers common sandpiper, orange tip butterfly
New South Promenade - Grey seal
Stanley Park - 2 Common sandpipers, pochard
Heron's Reach - Orange tip butterfly
North Blackpool POnd Trail cemetery columbariium ponds - 4 Pipistrelle bats
North Blackpool Pond Trail Black Pond - Water rail
North Blackpool Pond Trail SW Cemetery pond - 2 Water scorpions
North Blackpool Pond Trail Faraday Way - Smooth Newt
North Blackpool Pond Trail Kincraig Lake - Sedge warbler
Staining Nook - Lesser whitethroat
Please send your Blackpool wildlife news and any photos to sammyandsally @ blackpool.gov.uk (without the spaces)
There is a Facebook group for all things Marton Mere LNR including news of events and volunteer projects
There is also a page specifically for wildlife news at Marton Mere https://www.facebook.com/groups/343548299164728/ please Like, Share and post your sightings and wildlife photos from the nature reserve
Follow Marton Mere LNR on twitter @MartonMereLNR
Volunteer Days at Marton Mere LNR are now every Tuesday 10am - 3pm - All welcome. Wear suitable footwear and bring your lunch.
There may also be some volunteering opportunities suitable for school/works/community groups etc. Contact Annie on 07469 038520 or annie.heslop @ blackpool.gov.uk (without the spaces) for full details of projects, dates and times.
Blackpool Conservation Team are also on Twitter @BlackpoolCT for you to follow and join in their excellent work
Marton Mere LNR - Little egret (on scrape), swift, 3 grasshopper warblers, 9 whimbrels (east fields), lesser whitethroat, whitethroat, 6 sedge warblers common sandpiper, orange tip butterfly
New South Promenade - Grey seal
Stanley Park - 2 Common sandpipers, pochard
Heron's Reach - Orange tip butterfly
North Blackpool POnd Trail cemetery columbariium ponds - 4 Pipistrelle bats
North Blackpool Pond Trail Black Pond - Water rail
North Blackpool Pond Trail SW Cemetery pond - 2 Water scorpions
North Blackpool Pond Trail Faraday Way - Smooth Newt
North Blackpool Pond Trail Kincraig Lake - Sedge warbler
Staining Nook - Lesser whitethroat
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| Male smooth newt |
There is a Facebook group for all things Marton Mere LNR including news of events and volunteer projects
There is also a page specifically for wildlife news at Marton Mere https://www.facebook.com/groups/343548299164728/ please Like, Share and post your sightings and wildlife photos from the nature reserve
Follow Marton Mere LNR on twitter @MartonMereLNR
Volunteer Days at Marton Mere LNR are now every Tuesday 10am - 3pm - All welcome. Wear suitable footwear and bring your lunch.
There may also be some volunteering opportunities suitable for school/works/community groups etc. Contact Annie on 07469 038520 or annie.heslop @ blackpool.gov.uk (without the spaces) for full details of projects, dates and times.
Blackpool Conservation Team are also on Twitter @BlackpoolCT for you to follow and join in their excellent work
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