Tuesday 20th December

A fraction warmer than average 4 - 7C but feeling chilly in the thin sunshine and cold south easterly breeze

Preston New Road - Fox

Squires Gate Lane - Peregrine (over)

Stanley Park - 40 Shovelers, 17 gadwall, 28 goldfinches

Solaris Centre - Borage (unseasonally in flower)

Marton Mere LNR - 115 Grey lag geese, goldeneye, water rail

Just outside our area - 2 Snow buntings on the beach south of the tram depot

December daffodils at the Solaris Centre

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

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Monday 19th December

A fraction warmer than average for mid-December 3 - 8C mostly hazy cloud with a light variable breeze

Warbreck Hill - Peregrine

Stony Hill Avenue - 20 Waxwings

Marton Mere LNR - Goldeneye, oystercatcher  (W), 4 water rails, 80 common gulls, buzzard, sparrowhawk, 25 goldfinches, 10 fieldfares, 4 Cetti's warblers, great spotted woodpecker

Solaris Centre - several Daffodils showing (no flower buds yet)

Stanley Park - Nuthatch, treecreeper, goldcrest, 2 mistle thrushes, 26 gadwall, 35 shovelers, great crested grebe

Just outside our boundary - 2 Snow buntings on beach south of the tram depot

Waxwing

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

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Friday 16th to Sunday 18th December

Another generally mild few days 0 - 10C with spells of sunshine and a light mostly southerly breeze

Sunday 18th December

Marton Mere LNR - Fox, shelduck (NW), 3 water rails, 3 Cetti's warblers, coal tit, 9 reed buntings

Lawson's Wetland - 12 Linnets

Warbreck Hill - Peregrine

Saturday 17th December

Stanley Park - Whooper Swan (freed from reed raft by RSPCA)

Warbreck Hill - Peregrine

North Shore - Eider, 8 red throated divers

North Shore go-kart track - Purple sandpiper

Friday 16th December

Town Centre - Peregrine

Starr Gate - 2 Goldeneyes, 2 red throated divers, 9 great crested grebes

Solaris Centre - 30 House sparrows

Lawson's Wetland - Cetti's warbler

Marton Mere LNR - Stoat (on the trail of a rat), 24 fieldfares, blackbird (with partially white right wing, also present yesterday), 12 long tailed tits, 2 goldcrests, 2 Cetti's warblers, 3 snipe, 2 skylarks (E)

Stoat at Marton Mere by Cliff Raby www.fyldecoastwildlife.co.uk

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

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Thursday 15th December

Another very mild mid-December day 6-10C grey and murky with a light south easterly wind

Stanley Park - Whooper swan (lost, ill or injured?), 33 shovelers, 32 tufted ducks, 17 gadwall, great spotted woodpecker

Marton - 25 Pink footed geese (S)

Lawson's Wetland - Cetti's warbler

Solaris Centre - 2 Robins, daffodils sprouting

Marton Mere LNR - 2 Bitterns, 300 teal, goldeneye, 230 common gulls, 3 snipe, 3 Cetti's warblers, 15 fieldfares, 8 redwings

Great spotted woodpecker

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

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Follow Marton Mere LNR on twitter @MartonMereLNR

Tuesday 13th & Wednesday 14th December

Very mild for mid-December 7 - 11C some hazy sunshine with a light to moderate south easterly breeze

Wednesday 14th December

Marton - 6 Fieldfares

Patterdale Avenue - Fox

Marton Mere LNR - 12 Black tailed godwits (S), goldeneye, water rail, Cetti's warbler, 25 redwings, 3 fieldfares, coal tit

Stanley Park - Whooper swan, great crested grebe, 28 shovelers, great spotted woodpecker

Starr Gate - 2 Snow buntings, 2 scaup, 2 tufted ducks, pintail, 2 shelducks, 31 red throated divers, 28 great crested grebes, 9 razorbills, 5 guillemots

Tuesday 13th December

Solaris Centre - Borage (still in flower)

Stanley Park - Whooper swan, great crested grebe, 32 shovelers, 22 gadwall

Town Centre - 2 Grey wagtails

Scaup

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

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Follow Marton Mere LNR on twitter @MartonMereLNR

Thursday 8th - Monday 12th December

Mild to warm for early December 1 - 12C mostly dull, some drizzle and occasional spells of  heavier rain with a light south westerly wind

Monday 12th December

Town Centre - Peregrine, 2 grey wagtails

Faraday Way - 50 Pink footed geese

Lawson's Field - 150 Fieldfares (over)

Marton Mere LNR - Chiffchaff

Stanley Park - Whooper Swan (extremely unusual here), 26 shovelers, great crested grebe, coal tit

Starr Gate - Velvet scoter, 1500 common scoters, 46 red throated divers, 11 great crested grebes, 14 razorbills, 7 guillemots

Sunday 11th December

Marton Mere LNR - 2 Otters, 2 bitterns, 380 coots, 33 wigeon, goldeneye, 4 water rails, 4 Cetti's warblers, kestrel, 2 goldcrests

Stanley Park - 33 Gadwall, 23 shovelers, great crested grebe

Warbreck Hill - Peregrine

Saturday 10th December

Marton Mere LNR - Bittern, ring necked parakeet, 3 Cetti's warblers, 4 water rails, sparrowhawk, 17 skylarks (over), 13 fieldfares, 10 redwings

Stanley Park - 24 Gadwall, 28 shovelers

Friday 9th December

No news

Thursday 8th December

Stanley Park - 24 Gadwall, 18 shovelers, great crested grebe

Town Centre - Peregrine

Whooper swan

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

Wednesday 7th December

A very mild day 7 - 14C mostly dull with some spells of hazy sunshine with a light to moderate southerly breeze

Marton Mere LNR - 45 Redwings, 12 fieldfares, 3 snipe, chiffchaff

Stanley Park - 24 gadwall, 17 shovelers

Chiffchaff

EVENT - Marton Mere LNR Saturday 10th December 10am - 3pm Practical conservation day. Give volunteering at the nature reserve a try, get involved with a practical conservation task. This might be removing vegetation, clearing pathways or renovating benches or hides. The day's project will be confirmed prior to the event. Free but please book at marton.mere@blackpool.gov.uk

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

Tuesday 6th December

A dull murky day 3 - 9C low misty cloud turning to rain later with an increasing south easterly breeze

Devonshire Road Rock Gardens - 50 Magpies (roosted), 3 goldcrests

Regency Gardens - Goldcrest

Heron's Reach - Woodcock, sparrowhawk

Lawson's Wetland - Water rail

De Vere's Hotel entrance pond - Water Rail

Preston New Road - 2 Grey wagtails

Marton Mere LNR - Jack snipe, g0ldeneye, 2 buzzards, 8 stock doves, 17 redwings, 4 fieldfares, 2 Cetti's warblers, great spotted woodpecker

Stanley Park - 28 Gadwall, 21 shovelers, kestrel

Starr Gate - 2 Scaup

Jack snipe - photographed in Yorkshire

EVENT - Marton Mere LNR Saturday 10th December 10am - 3pm Practical conservation day. Give volunteering at the nature reserve a try, get involved with a practical conservation task. This might be removing vegetation, clearing pathways or renovating benches or hides. The day's project will be confirmed prior to the event. Free but please book at marton.mere@blackpool.gov.uk

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

Monday 5th December

A cold day with a frosty start 0 -  5C hazy sunshine with a light south easterly breeze
Woodland Gardens - Little egret

New South Promenade - Long tailed duck, 5 red throated divers (S), 3 razorbills, 12 dunlin, knot, grey plover

Marton Mere LNR - 2 Foxes, 2 long eared owls (Please stay on the paths and DO NOT enter the scrub to view these birds), 3 whooper swans (S), pintail, 2 goldeneyes, little grebe, 5 water rails, jay, great spotted woodpecker, 10 chaffinches, 30 fieldfares, 25 redwings, 10 long tailed tits, 2  Cetti's warblers

Dunlin

EVENT - Marton Mere LNR Saturday 10th December 10am - 3pm Practical conservation day. Give volunteering at the nature reserve a try, get involved with a practical conservation task. This might be removing vegetation, clearing pathways or renovating benches or hides. The day's project will be confirmed prior to the event. Free but please book at marton.mere@blackpool.gov.uk

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

Weekend 1st - 4th December

About average temperatures for early December -1 - 9C some sunshine with light variable winds increasing and turning easterly on Sunday

Sunday 4th December

Town Centre - Peregrine

Devonshire Road Rock Gardens - 10 Redwings (roosted?), goldcrest, sparrowhawk

Poulton Old Road - Grey wagtail

North Blackpool Pond Trail - 27 Teal, chiffchaff

Lawson's Wetland - Water rail, Cetti's warbler

Starr Gate - Snow bunting, 2 scaup, 1255 common scoters, 89 red throated divers, 36 great crested grebes, 9 razorbills, 5 wigeon, 4 mute swans (very unusual here)

Marton Mere LNR - Long eared owl (Please stay on the paths and DO NOT enter the scrub to view these birds), Mediterranean gull, 4 goldeneyes, 200 coot, 3 water rails, 120 wigeon, 20 redwings, 160 fieldfares (possibly left roost), chiffchaff, Cetti's warbler, 2 goldcrests, 2 sparrowhawks, buzzard

Saturday 3rd December

Bloomfield Road football stadium - 30 Goldfinches (W)

Starr Gate - Harbour Porpoise, grey seal, 2 Scaup, 106 red throated divers, 1100 common scoters, 36 great crested grebes, 3 razorbills

Marton Mere LNR - 2 Foxes, 5 whooper swans (over), 2 Chiffchaffs, 2 goldeneyes, grey wagtail

Friday 2nd December

Warbreck Hill - Peregrine

Starr Gate - Velvet scoter, 2 scaup, 80 wigeon (S), 1600 common scoters, 38 red throated divers, 44 great crested grebes, 4 razorbills, guillemot

Thursday 1st December

Marton Mere LNR - Long eared owl (Please stay on the paths and DO NOT enter the scrub to view these birds), 4 goldeneyes, buzzard, 30 blackbirds, 8 song thrushes, 15 redwings, 5 fieldfares, 15 long tailed tits, Cetti's warbler

Redwing at Marton Mere

EVENT - Marton Mere LNR Saturday 10th December 10am - 3pm Practical conservation day. Give volunteering at the nature reserve a try, get involved with a practical conservation task. This might be removing vegetation, clearing pathways or renovating benches or hides. The day's project will be confirmed prior to the event. Free but please book at marton.mere@blackpool.gov.uk

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

Wednesday 30th November

A cold start becoming mild -2 - 10C mostly cloudy with a light westerly wind

New South Promenade - Grey seal

Lawson's field - 3 Snipe, sparrowhawk

Warbreck Hill - Peregrine

Devonshire Road Rock Gardens - 40 Magpies, 3 goldcrests

Starr Gate - Harbour porpoise, 2 scaup, 1000 common scoters, 25 red throated divers, 47 great crested grebes, 2 razorbills

Marton Mere LNR - Little grebe, goldeneye, 2 water rails, 20 teal, 20 shovelers, 30 wigeon, 6 redwings, 10 long tailed tits, 5 reed buntings

 

Reed bunting

EVENT - Marton Mere LNR Saturday 10th December 10am - 3pm Practical conservation day. Give volunteering at the nature reserve a try, get involved with a practical conservation task. This might be removing vegetation, clearing pathways or renovating benches or hides. The day's project will be confirmed prior to the event. Free but please book at marton.mere@blackpool.gov.uk

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