Thursday 28th April

A very cold day for late April 0 - 8C prolonged wintry showers heavy at times with a strong south westerly wind

Town Centre - Peregrine

New South Promenade - Ringed plover

Heron's Reach - Blackcaps and willow warblers 'everywhere', honesty in flower, hedge garlic (aka Jack by the hedge) in flower, 4 bee orchid rosettes

Lawson's Wetland - 2 Whitethroats, Cetti's warbler

Heron's Reach golf course - Little grebe, Cetti's warbler, willow warblers, blackcaps, 3 skylarks (NW)

Marton Mere LNR - Redstart, 2 grasshopper warblers, 9 Cetti's warblers, 8 reed warblers, 4 sedge warblers, 4 whitethroats, lesser whitethroat, 2 common sandpipers, 2 oystercatchers, 110 swallows, 50 sand martins, 4 house martins, 3 shelducks, buzzard, kestrel, sparrowhawk, 7 stock doves

Solaris Centre - 2 Goldfinches (nest building)

Goldfinch

Family Wildlife Event - Spot Super Life in the Water at Ashfield Road pond on the North Blackpool Pond Trail FY2 0HB Monday 2nd May 11am - 12.30. Join the team to find what is lurking in the pond, get to know the creatures and their lifestyles - Free but a donation to the Friends of North Blackpool Pond Trail would be welcome.

Wildlife recording walk - Meet at the gate on Lawson's Road opposite Lancaster Road Tuesday 3rd May 1pm - 3pm for a wander round the reserve with the Friends of Marton Mere. Come along to learn what species we have and how to identify them - from birds to butterflies, orchids to dragonflies. Free but a donation to the Friends of Marton Mere would be welcome.

Local wildlife photographer Barry Dean is holding an exhibition of his wildlife photos at the Solaris Centre during April

Please email your sightings and wildlife photos to solaris.centre @ blackpool.gov.uk - without the spaces

The North Blackpool Pond Trail have a Facebook group page

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