Tuesday 14th February

About average temperatures 1 - 8C sunny but clouding over later becoming drizzly by evening with a decreasing south easterly breeze.

New South Promenade - Grey seal (1st report of the year), 500 common scoters

Staining Nook - 20 Snipe

North Blackpool Pond Trail Kincraig Lake - 8 Teal, 3 shovelers

Salisbury Woodland Garden - Little egret

Heron's Reach golf course - 10 Gadwall, 2 teal

Stanley Park - 69 Tufted ducks, 50 shovelers, 32 gadwall, 3 great crested grebes, 16 herons (on island)

Marton Mere LNR - Bittern (seen twice), 8 lesser redpolls (S), 3 goldeneyes, 3 tree sparrows, 3 water rails, 2 Cetti's warblers, buzzard, kestrel, sparrowhawk

Blue tit inspecting a nest box at South Shore recently by Faye Sanderson

This week is National Nest Box Week - Have you put yours up yet? Don't forget you can put up boxes/cavities for Swifts, cups for House Martins and Swallows and 'terraced' boxes for House sparrows as well as the more familiar hole boxes for blue and Great tits. Old boots and flower pots can make a come for robins and Wrens. Please send us your unusual nest box photos and especially if they get used  later in the season.

Please send your wildlife photos to solaris.centre@blackpool.gov.uk

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