Monday 3rd April
Regency Gardens - Chiffchaff
Mossom Nature Field - Swallow (W)
Stanley Park - 24 Tufted ducks, 4 great crested grebes
New South Promenade - 11 Whooper swans, 6 Sandwich terns, 5 eiders, 4 red throated divers, 4 shelducks
Marton - Goldcrest
Staining Nook - Cetti's warbler
Heron's Reach Golf Course - Cetti's warbler
Lawson's Wetland - Cetti's warbler
Marton Mere LNR - Osprey (N), 3 whooper swans (N), 100 pink footed geese (N), 8 blackcaps, common sandpiper, little egret, 3 willow warblers, 6 chiffchaffs, 70 sand martins, 2 tree sparrows, 2 lapwings, 2 oystercatchers, 9 stock doves, 2 buzzards, 2 kestrels, sparrowhawk, 35 teal, 2 great crested grebes, little grebe
Sunday 2nd April
Lawson's Field - Cetti's warbler, blackcap
Marton Mere LNR - Bittern, osprey (NE), brambling, 100 sand martins, 2 swallows, redshank, siskin, 2 great crested grebes, 6 lapwings, 35 teal, 18 shovelers, 9 linnets, 2 kestrels, reed warbler (a new earliest record for Lancashire), 4 blackcaps, 3 willow warblers, 5 chiffchaffs, 5 Cetti's warblers, 2 little grebes, 5 tawny mining bees, several small tortoiseshells, 2 peacocks, cowslips (in flower) several snakeshead fritillaries (in flower)
Saturday 1st April
Warbreck hill - Pink footed geese (heard going N before dawn)
Washington Avenue - several Tawny mining bees
Stanley Park - Goldcrest
Marton Mere LNR - Bittern, brambling, 6 chiffchaffs, 5 Cetti's warblers, skylark, 40 teal, 60 sand martins, swallow, blackcap, great crested grebe
Friday 31st March
Warbreck Hill - Tawny mining bee
Mossom Nature Field - Sparrowhawk, long tailed tits
Preston New Road - Lesser redpoll
Starr Gate - 2 Sandwich terns
Solaris Centre - Wheatear
Thursday 30th March
Marton Mere LNR - 50 Sand martins, 2 swallows, 5 chiffchaffs, 5 Cetti's warblers, little grebe, 2 great crested grebes, 50 teal, 20 shovelers, 2 oystercatchers, 3 lapwings, kestrel, 8stock doves
Wednesday 29th March
North Shore go-kart track - Purple sandpiper
Lawson's Wetland - Cetti's warbler
Marton Mere LNR - 50 Sand martins, 3 swallows, 5 chiffchaffs, 5 Cetti's warblers, peregrine, buzzard, sparrowhawk, kestrel, little grebe, 3 great crested grebes, 45 teal, 23 shovelers, 2 oystercatchers, lapwing
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| Tawny mining bee by Cliff Raby |
WILDLIFE EVENT - Family Easter holiday rockpooling event at the Solaris Centre Friday 7th April 2 - 3pm near the Mirror Ball. Meet at the Solaris Centre, wear wellies or old shoes you don’t mind getting wet. Bring a net and bucket if you have them, a fine meshed net is best.
This event is FREE.
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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