Weekend 21st - 24th October

Average days but cool nights 3 - 13C mostly cloudy with light to moderate easterly winds

Monday 24th October

Town Centre - 2 Peregrines

Lawson's Field - Ring necked parakeet

North Station - Goldcrest

Marton Mere LNR - 4 Bearded tits, 2 bitterns, short eared owl, goosander, jay, little grebe, 12 goldcrests, 50 redwings, 2 stonechats (pair), great spotted woodpecker, kestrel, sparrowhawk, 4 water rails, 50 shovelers, 7 snipe, 11 gadwall, 50 tufted ducks, pochard, 5000 starlings (roosted), 2 cetti's warblers

Sunday 23rd October

Anchorsholme - Sparrowhawk

Marton Mere LNR - Barn owl, 3000 starlings (roosted), jack snipe, 2 stonechats (pair), wigeon, 55 tufted ducks, 40 fieldfares, 4 Cetti's warbler, 3 whooper swans, 10 gadwall, 2 pochards

Saturday 22nd October

Marton Mere LNR - 5 Bearded tits, bittern, ring ouzel, 12 whooper swans, 2 ravens (NE), 6 Cetti's warblers, chiffchaff, 318 fieldfares, 10 song thrushes, 37 redwings, 3 stonechats, wigeon, pochard, buzzard, sparrowhawk, kestrel

Staining Nook - Kestrel, 2 redwings

Stanley Park - 26 Gadwall, 12 shoveler, 52 tufted ducks, kestrel (very rarely seen here)

Friday 21st October

Starr Gate - 2 Grey seals, 3 eiders, rock pipit, 1500 common scoters, 850 oystercatchers, 2 red throated divers

Heron's Reach golf course - Chiffchaff, 2 goldcrests

Staining Nook - 10 Redwings, 9 fieldfares, 2 goldcrests

Marton Mere LNR -  5 Bearded tits, woodcock, 2 stonechats (pair), little grebe, 650 pink footed geese (S), 14 wigeon, 67 shovelers, 260 coot, sparrowhawk, 15 skylarks, 16 linnets, 2500 starlings (roosted), kestrel, 7 goldcrests, 7 Cetti's warblers,

Female bearded tit

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

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