Sunday 6th November
Heron's Reach golf course - 20 Long tailed tits, 3 goldcrests, 2 water rails, sparrowhawk
North Shore go-kart track - 2 Purple sandpipers,
North Shore - Long tailed duck, 12 eiders
Stanley Park - 52 Tufted ducks, 2 pochards, 4 goldcrests
Marton Mere LNR - Bittern, stonechat, little grebe, 190 pink footed geese, 17 shovelers
Saturday 5th November
Herons Reach golf course - 20 Long tailed tits, 3 goldcrests, sparrowhawk, 2 water rails
Stanley Park - Little grebe, 3 great crested grebes, 27 gadwall, 14 shovelers
North Shore go-kart track - 2 Purple sandpipers, 117 redshanks, grey wagtail
Marton Mere LNR - 7000 Starlings (roosted), bittern, 87 shovelers, great crested grebe, little grebe, 160 pink footed geese, 24 skylarks, 2 curlews (SW)
Friday 4th November
Warbreck Hill - Peregrine, whooper swans (over)
Marton Mere LNR - 2 Goldeneyes, 4 wigeon, great crested grebe, 105 pink footed geese, sparrowhawk, kestrel, 27 skylarks
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Pink footed geese in the fields east of Marton Mere |
EVENT - Feed the Birds! at the Community Orchard North Blackpool Pond Trail - Saturday 19th Nov 2.00 - 3.30pm - Meet at the Community Orchard at the end of Salmesbury Avenue FY2 0PS. Join us as we make a variety of bird feeders to help our feathered friends through the coming winter. Hang them up in your garden or along the pond trail. Wear warm outdoor clothing and suitable footwear. Free but a donation to the Friends of the Pond Trail would be appreciated
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