Tuesday 1 November 2016

Monday 31st October

Another mild day with a cool misty start 6 - 14C sunny later no wind

Marton - Red admiral butterfly

Warbreck Hill - 13 Whooper swans (SE)

New South Promenade - 6 Red throated divers, eider (N)

Lawson's Wetland - Cetti's warbler

Metropole Hotel - Goldcrest

North Shore go-kart track - 160 Redshanks

Marton Mere LNR - 3 Bearded tits, bittern 60 fieldfares (SW), 25 redwings, 2 goldcrests, 24 skylarks, 3 tree sparrows, 6 Cetti's warblers, grey wagtail, 2 buzzards, 3 sparrowhawks, peregrine (S), 2 stonechats, little grebe, 7 water rails, 75 pink footed geese, 33 gadwall, 7 whooper swans (over), 14500 starlings (roosted)
Starling murmuration at Marton Mere LNR
Both photos by Alicia Hayden then aged 14
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

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