Wednesday 29th April

Another cooler than average late April day 4 - 11C early rain then sunny spells with a brisk WSW wind

New South Promenade - 7 Gannets (S)

Marton Mere LNR - Little ringed plover, wigeon, 2 stock doves (on island - very unusual), lesser whitethroat, 4 swifts

Town Centre - Peregrine

Stanley Park - Treecreeper, several willow warblers, several blackcaps

Female house sparrow 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

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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 28th April

A cool late April day 4 - 10C mostly sunny with a strong westerly wind

Marton Mere LNR - Little egret

Stanley Park - Common snadpiper

Warbreck Hill - Peregrine (N)

New South Promenade - 3 Gannets


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

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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 27th April

A cool April day with a frosty start -2 - 10C sunny spells, heavy showers later with an increasing westerly wind

Stanley Park - 2 Ospreys (over), 5 blackcaps, nuthatch, treecreeper, sparrowhawk, great spotted woodpecker, 6 willow warblers, 4 chiffchaffs, 2 coal tits

Marton Mere LNR - 2 Buzzards, common sandpiper, several speckled woods

North Shore - 5 Gannets (N), 4 red breasted mergansers (S)

New South Promenade - 2 Gannets (N)

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 23rd to Sunday 26th April

Average temperatures for the end of April 3 - 14C, mostly sunny with a little rain, variable winds from very light to cold blustery north westerlies

Sunday 26th April

Stanley Park - 2 Common sandpipers, 4 sparrowhawks

North Balckpool Pond Trail Kincraig Lake - Great spotted woodpecker

North Blackpool Pond Trail Holyoake Avenue reed bed - Lesser whitethroat

Lawson's Wetland - Grasshopper warbler, snipe, Cetti's warbler

Staining Nook - Grasshopper warbler

Marton Mere LNR - Lesser whitethroat, 3 whitethroats, 8 reed warblers, 3 sedge warblers, 5 Cetti's warblers, common sandpiper, 3 great crested grebes, little grebe, buzzard, 2 kestrels, sparrowhawk, 30 sand martins

Warbreck Hill - Speckled wood butterfly

Whitegate Drive - Rook (very rare here)

Starr Gate - 2 Eiders

Saturday 25th April

Talbot Road/Mecca - 20 House sparrows

North Blackpool Pond Trail horse paddock - 2 Wheatears

Blackpool 6th form college - Kestrel

Stanley Park - 2 Swifts, wheatear (cricket field)

Marton Mere LNR - Curlew (N)

Heron's Reach golf course - 4 Wheatears

Friday 24th April

Staining Nook -  Sparrowhawk

Marton Mere LNR - 7 Whimbrel (W)

Revoe Park - Sparrowhawk

Stanley Park - 5 Blackcaps, 4 house martins, 2 sand martins, 30 swallows

De Vere Hotel entrance pool - Reed warbler

Blackpool 6th form college - Willow warbler, chiffchaff

Thursday 23rd April

Stanley Park - Pied flycatcher, wood warbler, redstart, 10 willow warblers, sparrowhawk, 2 mistle thrushes

Lawson's Wetland - 2 Grasshopper warblers, 2 Cetti's warblers, whinchat, 2 sedge warblers, 3 whitethroats

Salisbury Woodland - 2 Great spotted woodpeckers,

De Vere Hotel entrance pool - Reed warbler

Solaris Centre - Tree bee, unknown species of solitary bee.

North Blackpool Pond Trail community orchard - 6 Blackcaps, 8 chiffchaffs, 3 sparrowhawks

Marton Mere LNR - Lesser whitethroat

Volunteers surveying for amphibians around Heron's Reach

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 22nd April

A warm day 3 - 15C sunny virtually no wind

Marton Mere LNR - 2 Little ringed plovers, 5 common sandpipers, 3 grasshopper warblers, little grebe, 6 whitethroats, several sedge warblers, buzzard, 2 linnets, water rail, 14 pink footed geese (N)

Marton - Blackcap

New South Promenade - Grey seal, 3 yellow wagtails (N), 3 red throated divers, whimbrel (N)

Town Centre - Grey wagtail

North Shore - 6 Sandwich terns, 3 eiders

Gynn Gardens - 4 Willow warblers

Stanley Park - Pied flycatcher, 2 treecreepers

Staining Nook - Buzzard

Hoverfly approaching dandelion - 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

Tuesday 21st April

Another cold start and warm afternoon 1 - 14C sunny with extremely light wind

Blackpool 6th Form College - 2 Kestrels, whitethroat, chiffchaff

Warbreck Hill - Chiffchaff

Lawson's Wetland - Whitethroat, Cetti's warbler

Marton Mere LNR - 2 Buzzards (over)

North Blackpool Pond Trail Kincraig Lake - Grasshopper warbler

New South Promenade - Little egret (S)

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

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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 20th April

Another frosty start leading to a fine warmer than average day 1 - 14C sunny with a very light northerly wind

Solaris Centre - Tawny mining bee (1st record for here)

Town Centre - Grey wagtail, peregrine

Blackpool 6th form College - 2 Blackcaps, chiffchaff

New South Promenade - Grey seal, 21 Sandwich terns, 5 swallows

Marton Mere LNR - 4 Whitethroats, 4 blackcaps, 7 sedge warblers, 7 reed warblers, many willow warblers, skylark (over), 4 snipe, 45 pink footed geese (NW), many small tortoiseshells, several peacocks, comma

Lawson's Wetland - 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

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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 17th - 19th April

A mixed weekend temperature-wise with light overnight frost and warm afternoons 1 - 15C mostly sunny with brisk easterly winds

Sunday 19th April

Marton Mere LNR - Raven (on island), jay, 2 linnets (pair island gorse bush), water rail

North Blackpool Pond Trail horse paddock - Wheatear

Starr Gate - Grey seal, 20 eiders, 14 Sandwich terns, 7 red throated divers, yellow wagtail (over)

Warbreck Hill - 2 Buzzards (N), sparrowhawk (over), chiffchaff, 5 Hebrew character moths

Saturday 18th April

North Blackpool Pond Trail Kincraig Lake - Pied flycatcher, reed warbler, several willow warblers, blackcap, chiffchaff

Marton Mere LNR - Common sandpiper, 2 oystercatchers, 2 comma butterflies

Lawson's Wetland - Tawny mining bee (1st record here), grasshopper warbler, whitethroat, 2 Cetti's warblers

Lawson's Field - Wheatear

Friday 17th April

Staining Nook - Sedge warbler

Marton - Blackcap

Marton Mere LNR - 4 Whimbrels (NE), swift, 20 willow warblers, 4 linnets, 5 Cetti's warblers, 3 reed warblers, 3 sedge warblers

New South Promenade - 3 Grey seals, 5 eiders, 3 red throated divers, 13 Sandwich terns, red brested merganser (S), rock pipit (over)

Stadium Avenue - Sparrowhawk

Stanley Park - 10 Chiffchaffs, 25 willow warblers, great spotted woodpecker, treecreeper

North Blackpool Pond Trail Kincraig Lake - Pied flycatcher

Staining Nook - Whitethroat

Gynn Gardens -Goldcrest, grey wagtail (over)

Pied flycatcher at Kincraig Lake

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 16th April

A cool start to the day 2 - 11C, mostly cloudy some sunny spells later with a light northerly wind

Marton Mere LNR - Osprey (N), 30+ willow warblers, 10 chiffchaffs, 10 blackcaps, 6 sedge warblers, 2 reed warblers, 2 shelducks, 3 oystercatchers, 75 sand martins, 30 swallows, 2 jays, 2 tree sparrows, toad

Lawson's Wetland - 2 Cetti's warblers

Gynn Gardens - Redstart, goldcrest

Bispham Cliffs - 3 Wheatears

Starr Gate - 2 Grey seals, 3 red throated divers, 4 Sandwich terns, rock pipit, kestrel (N), 20 eiders (S)

Willow warbler in garden by Peter Axon

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

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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 April

A cool dull April day 2 - 9C mostly cloudy brightening up later with light ot moderate SW winds

Lawson's Wetland - Cetti's warbler, several smooth newts

Marton Mere LNR - Weasel, redstart, 2 wheatears, 150 mixed sand Martins & swallows with a few house martins too, common scoter (male), 7 Cetti's warblers, 8 willow warblers, 5 blackcaps, reed warbler, sedge warbler, 5 chiffchaffs, 2 common sandpipers, 2 little grebes, sparrowhawk, 20 linnets, 2 tree sparrows, first bluebells in flower

New South Promenade - Grey seal, 5 eiders, 75 common scoters, red throated diver, 3 Sandwich terns, guillemot, 2 grey plovers (S), Caspian gull (probable - awaiting expert confirmation or otherwise)

Town Centre - Peregrine

Staining Nook - 2 Blackcaps, 2 chiffchaffs, whitethroat, 3 house martins

Stanley Park - Common sandpiper, grey wagtail, 15 swallows

North Blackpool Pond Trail Kincraig Lake - Great spotted woodpecker

Native daffodils at North Blackpool Pond Trail Community Orchard by Pauline Taylor

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 April

Warm night and average day temperatures 7 - 12C some sunny spells later with a blustery moderate SW wind

Marton Mere LNR - Common scoter (a male this time - two in a year is extremely unusual), sedge warbler, blackcap, house martin, little grebe, water rail, 4 Cetti's warblers, 13 linnets, 2 oystercatchers, 3 lapwings

Starr Gate - 2 Sandwich terns

Burlington Road beach - Yellow legged gull



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

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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 April

Another chilly start with a slightly warmer than average finish 2- 13C sunny spells with a blustery SW wind

Marton Mere LNR - 26 Golden plovers (N, now very scarce here), 34 sand martins, 2 house martins, 17 swallows, 3 willow warblers, 2 chiffchaffs, 2 blackcaps, 2 Cetti's warblers, redshank, 2 oystercatchers, peregrine (W), sparrowhawk, tree sparrow

Heron's Reach - 4 Blackcaps, 2 lesser redpolls,

Marton - Willow warbler, mistle thrush, sparrowhawk

Warbreck Hill - Chiffchaff

Town Centre - Peregrine, 2 swallows

Stanley Park - Tree pipit, 8 willow warblers

Starr Gate - Yellow legged gull, 5 Sandwich 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

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 Friday 10th - Sunday 12th April

A mixed weekend with rather cold nights and a very hot day 2 - 19C heavy rain, sunny spells with a strong mostly westerly wind

Sunday 12th April

Marton Mere LNR - Common scoter, 4 oystercatchers

Anchorsholme - Redstart

Saturday 11th April

Marton Mere LNR - 2 House martins, 3 great crested grebes, snipe

Friday 10th April

Heron's Reach - 2 Willow warblers, 14 toads, frog

Carleton Crematorium - Song thrush, mistle thrush, 3 chiffchaffs, 2 swallows,

North Blackpool Pond Trail Kincraig Lake - 4 Tufted ducks, willow warbler

Marton Mere LNR - Osprey (N), reed warbler, 2 willow warblers, blackcap, 12 stock doves, swallow, goldeneye, 2 great crested grebes, little grebe, 100 pink footed geese (S)

Starr Gate - 2 Sandwich terns, 3 razorbills 16 eiders

Toad at Heron's Reach

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 Merehttps://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 April

A warmer than average April day, 3 - 15C sunny with no wind

New South Promenade - 3 Eiders, 3 razorbills, 3 guillemots

Lawson's Field - 2 Wheatears

Marton Mere LNR - 3 Willow warblers, redshank, snipe, 8 stock doves, water rail, 2 buzzards (over), 30 sand martins, swallow

Blackpool Zoo - Osprey (over), willow warbler, 4 chiffchaffs, 2 swallows, 3 buzzards (over), sparrowhawk (over), Brimstone

Faraday Way/Moorfields Ind Est - Chiffchaff

Common Edge - Chiffchaff

Sunningdale Avenue Park - Willow warbler

Wheatears on the cliffs at North Shore

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

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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.

There will be a children's birdwatching guided walk at Marton Mere LNR led by Dave McGrath on Friday 10th April, 2 - 4.00pm. Suitable for youngsters aged 8 and over. To book your child's place phone 01253 478023 (office hours) or email sammyandsally @ blackpool.gov.uk (without the spaces). Please wear suitable footwear and bring binoculars and your camera if you have them.

Blackpool Conservation Team are also on Twitter @BlackpoolCT for you to follow and join in their excellent work

Tuesday 8th April

A mixed April day temperature-wise starting very cold then becoming much warmer than average 1 - 15C sunny, no wind

North Shore - Harbour porpoise, grey seal, 4 Sandwich terns, gannet, eider, lesser redpoll (N)

Marton Mere LNR - Peregrine, 20 wigeon, 8 swallows, sand martins, curlew (NE), buzzard, Cetti's warbler (heard in wet fields LNR extension, a new location for the species), barn owl, goldeneye

Lawson's Wetland - Cetti's warbler

Heron's Reach - several Small tortoiseshell and peacock butterflies

Marton - 3 Buzzards (circling high)

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 Merehttps://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.

There will be a children's birdwatching guided walk at Marton Mere LNR led by Dave McGrath on Friday 10th April, 2 - 4.00pm. Suitable for youngsters aged 8 and over. To book your child's place phone 01253 478023 (office hours) or email sammyandsally @ blackpool.gov.uk (without the spaces). Please wear suitable footwear and bring binoculars and your camera if you have them.

Blackpool Conservation Team are also on Twitter @BlackpoolCT for you to follow and join in their excellent work

Easter week round up 2nd - 7th April

A cool and misty week with some rain 1 - 11C light NW winds

Tuesday 7th April

North Blackpool Pond Trail Community Orchard - Chiffchaff, 2 mistle thrushes, small tortoiseshell, red tailed bumblebee, white tailed bumblebee, early bumblebee

Stanley Park - 2 Great crested grebes, chiffchaff

Marton Mere LNR - Iceland gull, 20 wigeon, shoveler, brimstone

Metropole Hotel - 2 Goldcrests

Town Centre - 2 Grey wagtails

Solaris Centre - 30 Meadow pipits

Heron's Reach - 4 Toads, 15 bee orchids, 2 small tortoiseshells, 2 peacocks

Monday 6th April

Staining Nook - 3 Chiffchaffs, 2 goldcrests

Marton Mere LNR - 84 Sand martins, 3 swallows, 3 goldcrests, 7 Cetti's warblers, water rail, 2 little grebes, Iceland gull, shelduck (S), goldeneye, 2 curlews (N), 2 tree sparrows, 3 chifchaff

North Blackpool Pond Trail horse paddock - 3 Wheatears

Sunday 5th April

Marton Mere LNR - 9 Teal, buzzard, redshank, 2 swallows, 6 sand martins, 2 oystercatchers, 2 kestrels, sparrowhawk, barn owl, peregrine, little grebe, goldeneye, 2 water rails, 7 Cetti's warblers

Anchorsholme - 3 Goldcrests

Starr Gate - Grey seal, 300 meadow pipits (N), 2 goldcrests

Saturday 4th April

Marton - Holly blue butterfly

Marton Mere LNR - Weasel, sand martin, 5 Cetti's warblers, 5 chiffchaffs, 4 stock doves, 2 little grebes, buzzard, water rail, goldeneye, 2 pochards, brimstone

Stanley Park - Chiffchaff

Herons Reach golf course - Chiffchaff

Salisbury Woodland - Great spotted woodpecker, nuthatch, 2 chiffchaffs, 2 goldcrests, 3 coal tits

Friday 3rd April

North Blackpool Pond Trail Kincraig Lake - 22 Whooper swans (NW), chiffchaff, 2 teal

Marton Mere LNR - Little grebe, goldeneye, peregrine, 30 snakeshead fritillaries

Starr Gate - Harbour porpoise, 2 velvet scoters (S), eider (N), 13 red throated divers, razorbill

North Blackpool Pond Trail football fields - Water rail (in ditch)

Lawson's Wetland - several Toads (croaking)

South Shore - 4 Goldcrests

Thursday 2nd April

Ashworth Road - Iceland gull

Marton Mere LNR - 130 Linnets, jay, 3 great crested grebes, 4 oystercatchers, goldeneye, 2 chiffchaffs, 2 whooper swans (N), water rail, 4 Cetti's warblers

Airport - Barn owl

Lawson's Wetland - Stonechat, Cetti's warbler

Marsh marigold at Lawson's Wetland

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 Merehttps://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.

There will be a children's birdwatching guided walk at Marton Mere LNR led by Dave McGrath on Friday 10th April, 2 - 4.00pm. Suitable for youngsters aged 8 and over. To book your child's place phone 01253 478023 (office hours) or email sammyandsally @ blackpool.gov.uk (without the spaces). Please wear suitable footwear and bring binoculars and your camera if you have them.

Blackpool Conservation Team are also on Twitter @BlackpoolCT for you to follow and join in their excellent work

Wednesday 1st April

A cold day for April, 4 - 8C mostly overcast with some showers, strong westerly wind

New South Promenade - 2 Velvet scoters, 4 red breasted mergansers, 2 gannets, 4 eiders

Marton Mere LNR - Barn owl, chiffchaff, buzzard, great crested grebe, little grebe, goldeneye, 2 oystercatchers, 3 Cetti's warblers, goldcrest

Lawson's Wetland - Cetti's warbler


Over the school holiday B & FC marine biology student Lee will be at the Solaris Centre with his touch-tank for children, of all ages, to explore and see our coastal wildlife close up

He will be available  Monday 6th to Wednesday 8th 10 - 4pm. Come along and ask him him all your marine biology questions.

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 Merehttps://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.

There will be a children's birdwatching guided walk at Marton Mere LNR led by Dave McGrath on Friday 10th April, 2 - 4.00pm. Suitable for youngsters aged 8 and over. To book your child's place phone 01253 478023 (office hours) or email sammyandsally @ blackpool.gov.uk (without the spaces). Please wear suitable footwear and bring binoculars and your camera if you have them.

Blackpool Conservation Team are also on Twitter @BlackpoolCT for you to follow and join in their excellent work

The North Blackpool Pond Trail are holding a Nature Detectives Bug Quest children's event Tuesday 7th April 10 - 12 noon at the Community Orchard at the junction of Salmesbury Ave and Runcorn Ave. Phone Andrew on 508310 for more details