Friday 7 October 2016

Thursday 6th October

Another mild day 7 - 16C long sunny spells with a cooling stiff easterly breeze

Watson Road Park - Yellow browed warbler, 2 coal tits, 20 long tailed tits, 2 swallows

Solaris Centre - Kestrel (N), red admiral, small white butterflies

North Blackpool Pond Trail Kincraig Lake - Water rail, 2 shovelers, 3 goldcrests, 35 redwings

Jubilee Gardens - Goldcrest

Gynn Gardens - 13 Redwings

Devonshire Road Rock Gardens - 25 Redwings, goldcrest

Stanley Park - 6 Great crested grebes, 29 gadwalls, pochard, 8 shovelers, redwing, mistle thrush

Pleasure Beach/Railway bushes - 2 Chiffchaffs, goldcrest

New South Promenade - Grey seal, 10 gannets, 4 red throated divers, red breasted merganser, razorbill, 4 auk sp

Marton Mere LNR - Kingfisher, 35 pintails (N), 1000 pink footed geese (N), peregrine, 9 snipe, tree sparrow, 2 Cetti's warblers, chiffchaff, 3 swallows
Gadwall
EVENT - North Blackpool Pond Trail - Tuesday 1st Nov 10am - 12 noon - Autumn Explorer - Children's Activity. Your chance to find out about hibernation and how you can help wildlife during the winter. Free but donation to the Friends of the North Blackpool Pond Trail appreciated. Meet at the Community Orchard, Runcorn Avenue FY2 0PS

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

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