Monday 10 October 2016

Weekend 7th - 9th October

About average for early October 7 - 15C some sunshine with a light easterly wind

Sunday 9th October

Louie Horrocks Park - 2 Yellow browed warblers, 2 goldcrests, chiffchaff, coal tit, grey wagtail

South Park Drive - Fox

Marton Mere LNR - Bittern, barn owl, 10 snipe, little grebe, 240 coots, 3 black tailed godwits, chiffchaff, goldcrest, blackcap, great spotted woodpecker, 17 redwing, 5 Cetti's warblers, 2 water rail, comma butterfly

Weymouth Road - 3 Mistle thrushes

Lawson's Field - Ring necked parakeet

Watson Road Park - 5 Coal tits

Saturday 8th October

Warbreck Hill - Peregrine

Lawson's Field - Ring necked parakeet

Devonshire Road Rock Gardens - 3 Goldcrests, heron, 2 moorhens, 25 redwings

Marton Mere LNR - Jay, 5 redwings, 9 swallows, 4 tree sparrows, 3 Cetti's warblers, 3 snipe, 2 water rails, 2 sparrowhawks

Friday 7th October

New South Promenade - 3 Harbour porpoises, 12 teal (S), guillemot, 4 auks sp, 6 gannets, 2 red throated divers, great crested grebe

North Shore golf course - 6 moorhens, sparrowhawk

Warbreck Hill - Peregrine

Watson Road Park - 5 Mistle thrushes

Staining Nook - Cetti's warbler

Marton Mere LNR - Redshank, 6 snipe, shelduck, blackcap, 3 redwings
Poor photo of the moorhen at Devonshire Road Rock Gardens
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