Monday 5 October 2015

Weekend round-up 2nd - 4th October

Cool mornings mild days 3 - 16C fog early morning  then mostly sunny spells, more overcast on Sunday winds generally light from the south east

Sunday 4th October

Warbreck Hill - 3 Siskins (S)

Bond Street - Grey wagtail

Marton Mere LNR - 625 Pink footed geese (S), 63 meadow pipits (S), 2 chiffchaffs, blackcap, 3 Cetti's warblers, 3 jays, water rail, 3 coal tits, 3 buzzards, 2 great spotted woodpeckers, many migrant hawkers, speckled wood, red admiral

Gynn Gardens - Blackcap

Saturday 3rd October

Mossom Nature Park - Sparrowhawk, goldcrest, coal tit

Marton Mere LNR - 3 Coal tits, 3 chiffchaffs, 2 great spotted woodpeckers

Warbreck Hill - Coal tit

Gynn Gardens - 2 Song thrushes

Friday 2nd October

Marton Mere LNR - Coal tit, snipe

Solaris Centre - 4 Chiffchaffs, magpie (extremely rare here), 140 pink footed geese (S)

North Blackpool Pond Trail Kincraig Lake - 23 Teal, shoveler

Migrant hawker Marton Mere LNR 4th October 2015
Please email your sightings and wildlifed photos to solaris.centre @ blackpool.gov.uk - without the spacesThere 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. Contact Pauline Pauline.Taylor @ groundwork.org.uk (without the spaces) for full details of projects, dates and times.