Thursday 30th July

Another cool day 12 - 16C mostly sunny with a cool moderate north westerly wind

Starr Gate - Common seal (a pup - probably in poor condition if seen alive on the beach do not approach, keep dogs away, call British Divers Marine Life Rescue 07787 433 412)

New South Promenade - several Common terns, 6 Sandwich terns

Please send your Blackpool wildlife news and any photos to solaris.centre @ blackpool.gov.uk (without the spaces) NOTE NEW EMAIL ADDRESS

There is a Facebook group for all things Marton Mere LNR including news of events and volunteer projects

https://www.facebook.com/martonmerereserve

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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

Wednesday 29th July

A better day but still slightly cooler than average for the end of July 11-17C mostly sunny with a brisk north westerly breeze

New South Promenade - 2 Grey seals, Arctic skua, 5 dunlins (S), 10 common terns, 10 Sandwich terns, 100 gannets

Solaris Centre - 2 Meadow brown butterflies

Please send your Blackpool wildlife news and any photos to solaris.centre @ blackpool.gov.uk (without the spaces) NOTE NEW EMAIL ADDRESS

There is a Facebook group for all things Marton Mere LNR including news of events and volunteer projects

https://www.facebook.com/martonmerereserve

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 28th July

Another cool July day 11 - 16C sunny spells and rain with a moderate westerly wind

New South Promenade - 5 Sandwich terns, 10 common terns, 12 Manx shearwaters, 100 gannets

Please send your Blackpool wildlife news and any photos to solaris.centre @ blackpool.gov.uk (without the spaces) NOTE NEW EMAIL ADDRESS

There is a Facebook group for all things Marton Mere LNR including news of events and volunteer projects

https://www.facebook.com/martonmerereserve

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

Weekend Round-up 25th - 27th July

A cold weekend for the end of July 8 - 16C some sunshine and some heavy rain with variable moderate winds

Monday 27th July

Warbreck Hill - Peregrine

South Pier - Yellow legged gull, a mystery isopod (now identified as Idotea linearis), 2 lion's mane jellyfish, honeycomb worm reefs, many brown shrimps, gammarid shrimps, speckled sea louse, several juvenile green shore crabs

Sunday 26th July

Gynn Square - 10 Gannets, 4 eiders (N)

Saturday 25th July

Lindsay Avenue park - 5 Swifts

Marton Mere LNR - 14 Tufted ducks

Devonshire Road Rock Gardens - 10+ White letter hairstreaks

New South Promenade - 2 Grey seals

Lion's mane jellyfish

Please send your Blackpool wildlife news and any photos to solaris.centre @ blackpool.gov.uk (without the spaces) NOTE NEW EMAIL ADDRESS

There is a Facebook group for all things Marton Mere LNR including news of events and volunteer projects

https://www.facebook.com/martonmerereserve

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

So far this week

A cooler than average end to the week 9 - 17C mostly cloudy with some rain and moderate westerly winds

Friday 24th July

New South Promenade - 2 Harbour porpoises, 2 grey seals, 100 common scoters

Solaris Centre - Deptford pink still in flower, small tortoiseshell butterfly

Thursday 23rd July

Starr Gate - Grey seal

Whitegate Drive - 4 Swifts

Warbreck Hill - Pipistrelle bat (1st of year here - very late!)

Small tortoiseshell

Please send your Blackpool wildlife news and any photos to solaris.centre @ blackpool.gov.uk (without the spaces) NOTE NEW EMAIL ADDRESS

There is a Facebook group for all things Marton Mere LNR including news of events and volunteer projects

https://www.facebook.com/martonmerereserve

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

Catch up from last week

A week of average July daytime temperatures but slightly warmer than average nights 11 - 22C sunny spells some rain at times with a stiff south west to westerly breeze

Tuesday 21st July

Marton Mere LNR - 4 Snipe

Monday 20th July

Moor Park health centre - 20 Meadow browns, 6 small skippers

Sunday 19th July

Devonshire Road Rock Gardens - butterflies: White letter hairstreak, 46 small skippers, 8 large skippers, 7 gatekeepers, 65 meadow browns, 2 large whites, 2 commas, speckled wood, silver Y moth, brown hawker dragonfly, many grasshoppers

Saturday 18th July

North Blackpool Pond Trail Kincraig Lake - Common sandpiper

Friday 17th July

Town Centre - Peregrine

Starr Gate - Arctic skua, 40 Manx shearwater, 2 tufted ducks

Thursday 16th July

Park Road - 2 Oystercatchers (over)

Warbreck Hill - 5 Swifts

St Walberga's Road - 12 Swifts

Please send your Blackpool wildlife news and any photos to solaris.centre @ blackpool.gov.uk (without the spaces) NOTE NEW EMAIL ADDRESS

There is a Facebook group for all things Marton Mere LNR including news of events and volunteer projects

https://www.facebook.com/martonmerereserve

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 15th July

Another slightly cooler than average July day 12 - 16C mostly sunny with a fresh north westerly wind

North Blackpool Pond Trail Holyoake Avenue - Moor Park Avenue

Butterflies: 13 Large Skippers , 14 Small Skippers, 31 Meadow Browns, 2 Gatekeepers , 2 Large Whites, 2 Speckled Woods, Small Tortoiseshell

 Moths: 4 Latticed Heaths, 2 Silver Ys, Cinnabar, 4 Narrow Bordered 5-Spot Burnets

Odonata: Brown Hawker, 2 Emperors (m & f), 4 4-Spot Chasers, 4 Azure Damselflies, 3 Blue-tailed Damselflies

Ladybirds: 2 Spot, 14 Spot, 22 Spot, 24 Spot and Water

Soldier fly: 2 Broad centurion flies (Chloromyia formosa)

Hoverflies: Marmalade, Scaevi pyrasti, Eristalis pertinax, Tropida scita, Volucella bombylans (two forms)

Dance fly: 30+ Poecilobothrus nobilitatus

Conopid: Sicus ferruginea

Narrow bordered 5-spot burnet moths on creeping thistle

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

https://www.facebook.com/martonmerereserve

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 14th July

A better day but a little cooler than average 13 - 16C mostly sunny with a moderate north westerly wind

New South Promenade - 2 Grey seals

Solaris Centre - Solaitary bee Megachile centuncularis (found dead indoors but 1st record for Blackpool and 2nd record for Fylde)

Devonshire Road Rock Gardens - Chiffchaff, Blackcap

Megachile centuncularis found at the Solaris Centre

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

https://www.facebook.com/martonmerereserve

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 13th July

A miserable cool wet day 14 - 17C rain all morning some broken cloud in the afternoon, rain returning in the evening with a light to moderate westerly wind

Solaris Centre - Campion moth caterpillars feeding inside seedheads of red campion

Town Centre - Grey wagtail

Aspire/Collegiate High School - Chiffchaff

White letter hairstreak butterfly on bramble at Devonshire Road Rock Gardens

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

https://www.facebook.com/martonmerereserve

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

Weekend round-up 10th - 12th July

A warmer than average weekend for mid-July 11 - 25C, mostly sunny but with overnight rain and blustery westerly winds

Sunday 12th July

Devonshire Road Rock Gardens - 2 White letter hairstreaks, >100 meadow browns, >50 large skippers, >30 small skippers, 5 speckled woods, red admiral, comma, brown hawker, 3 whiitethroats, blackcap, 2 chiffchaffs, song thrush, 3 swifts

Marton Mere LNR - 2ad + 3juv Kestrels, 3 stock doves, great spotted woodpecker, buzard

Saturday 11th July

Devonshire Road Rock Gardens - Vestal cuckoo bee (1st record for Blackpool, 2nd for Fylde), 3 white letter hairstreaks, >50 meadow browns, >25 large skippers, >20 small skippers, speckled wood, red admiral, comma, 2 swifts,2 Siskins (E), blackcap, toad, several 1st year frogs

Warbreck Hill - 3 Swifts, song thrush

Lawson's Wetland - Kestrel, sedge warbler, whitethroat, 3 reed buntings

North Blackpool Pond Trail crematorium - 5 4-spotted chasers, emperor dragonfly, good show of tubular water dropwort, excellent show of common wildflowers on unmown areas of cemetery.

Friday 10th July

Devonshire Road Rock Gardens - 2 White letter hairstreaks

Solaris Centre - Ergot fungus

New South Promenade - Grey seal

Town Centre - Sparrowhawk (over), grey wagtail

South Pier/Central Beach - Many Moon jellyfish, several compass jellyfish, Turton's wentle trap shell, several broken pieces of small edible crabs, 3 native oysters, necklace shells, sand gaper, common otter shells, 7-spot ladybird (somewhat out of habitat!)

Turton's wentle trap shell

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

https://www.facebook.com/martonmerereserve

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 9th July

A cooler than average July day 13 - 16C mostly sunny with a moderate NW breeze

Devonshire Road Rock Gardens -  Butterflies; Large Skipper 18, Small Skipper 4, Gatekeeper 1, Meadow Brown 52, Red Admiral 2, Speckled Wood 9, Small Copper 2, Brown Hawker dragonfly 1, Silver Y moths 3, male Sparrowhawk, Greenfinch 1

New South Promenade - Many Brown shrimps, many common prawns, several green shore crabs, beadlet anemones, moon jellyfish, compass jellyfish

Solaris Centre - Ergot fungus, many cinnabar moth caterpilars, small tortoiseshell butterfly, 3 common darter dragonfly nymphs, blue tailed damselfly nymph

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

https://www.facebook.com/martonmerereserve

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 6th July

A cool dull day 13 - 17C with a cold blustery south westerly wind

Stanley Park - 124 Coots, 2 grey wagtails

Solaris Centre - Cinnabar moth caterpillars

New South Promenade - Gannet

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

https://www.facebook.com/martonmerereserve

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

Weekend round-up 2nd - 5th July

Mostly sunny and warmer tha naverage for early July 9 - 24C variable winds. Thunder late Friday night

Sunday 5th July

Faraday Way - Whitethroat

Marton Mere LNR - Common sandpiper, great spotted woodpecker, 3 Cetti's warblers, 2 kestrels

Lawson's Wetland - Cetti's warbler

Saturday 4th July

Grange Park/City Learning Centre - Emperor dragonfly, 2 common blues, 2 meadow browns, large white, small white, speckled wood butterflies, many silver Y moths, meadow grasshopper, many hare's foot clovers, some hop trefoil, kidney vetch, wild pansy, cornflower, swift (over)

Marton Mere LNR - 2 Black tailed godwits (N), 11 tufted ducks, kestrel

Friday 3rd July

Bispham Cliffs - Grey seal, 4 Manx shearwaters

Bispham Road/Squirrel pub - Sparrowhawk (over)

Central Promenade - 6 Bottlenosed dolphins

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

https://www.facebook.com/martonmerereserve

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 1st July

Another hot day 14 - 28C hazy cloud with a brisk southerly wind

Solaris Centre - Small tortoiseshell butterfly, Deptford pink

New South Promenade - 6 Bottlenosed dolphins, grey seal, 5 curlews (S), 10 common scoters, Manx shearwater, 5-bearded rockling, blenny

Marton Mere LNR - 2 adult + 1 juv Great crested grebe, pochard, 2 tufted ducks, common blue butterfly

The very small and very rare Deptford PInk at the Solaris Centre

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

https://www.facebook.com/martonmerereserve

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