Wednesday 12 April 2017

Thursday 6th to Tuesday 12th April

A very mixed week 0 - 16C

Tuesday 11th April

Devonshire Road Rock Gardens - Chiffchaff

Starr Gate - Grey seal, 18 gannets (N), 12 Manx shearwaters (N), 2 kittwakes (N), guillemot, 2 swallows (N)

Stanley Park - 28 Tufted ducks, 4 great crested grebes, willow warbler

Staining Nook - 4 Blackcaps, 2 chiffchaffs

Heron's Reach golf course - 2 Great crested grebes, Cetti's warbler

Salisbury Woodland Garden - 2 Blackcaps

Marton Mere LNR - Little gull, black tailed godwit, 3 oystercatchers, sparrowhawk, kestrel, 6 stock doves, 3 tree sparrows, 4 Cetti's warblers, 3 willow warblers, reed warbler, 60 sand martins, swallow

Monday 10th April

Heron's Reach golf course - Cetti's warbler

Lawson's field - Cetti's warbler

Marton Mere LNR - 2 House martins, 2 swallows, 25 sand martins, 5 Cetti's warblers, 4 blackcaps, 3 willow warblers, 4 chiffchaffs, reed warbler, 5 tree sparrows, sparrowhawk

Sunday 9th April

Starr Gate - 5 Sandwich terns

Marton Mere LNR - Black tailed godwit, 3 house martins, 4 swallows, 7 sand martins, little grebe, 9 stock doves, grasshopper warbler, 4 Cetti's warblers, reed warbler, 4 willow warblers, 4 chiffchaffs, kestrel, sparrowhawk

Saturday 8th April

Norbreck - 3 Sandwich terns (S)

Town Centre - (Visible migration) Tree pipit (over), lesser redpolls (over), siskins (over), linnets (over)

Lawson's Wetland - 2 Cetti's warblers

Mereside Tesco car park - 40 Pied wagtails

Warbreck Hill - Speckled wood butterfly, red tailed bumble bee

Heron's Reach golf course - 2 Sparrowhawks (over)

Stanley Park - Nuthatch, 2 goldcrests

Marton Mere LNR - 2 Little ringed plovers, black tailed godwit, 2 oystercatchers, 3 lapwings, 2 little grebes, 3 great crested grebes, 6 stock doves, 15 sand martins, swallow, tree sparrow, grasshopper warbler, 2 reed warblers, 6 Cetti's warblers, 5 chiffchaffs, 5 blackcaps, 3 willow warblers,  sparrowhawk, 2 speckled wood butterflies

Salisbury Woodland Garden - Blackcap, chiffchaff

Starr Gate - 21 Whooper swans (N), 25 pink footed geese (N), 2 wigeon (S), 12 red throated divers, 3 gannets (N), 7 common terns (N), 2 Sandwich terns (N), 2 razorbills, guillemot, 2 swallows (N)

Friday 7th April

Town Centre - Grey wagtail, swallow (over)

Norbreck - Grey seal, gannet

Starr Gate - Great northern diver, 16 red throated divers, 10 gannets (N), 3 Sandwich terns (N), razorbills, 1500 knot

New South Promenade - 4 Lesser spotted catshark mermaid's purses, thornback ray mermaid's purse

Staining Nook - Blackcap

Marton Mere LNR - Reed warbler, 4 blackcaps, 4 willow warblers, 6 Cetti's warblers, 50 sand martins, 3 swallows, little grebe, snipe, 2 sparrowhawks, great spotted woodpecker, 2 tree sparrows, 50 linnets

Thursday 6th April

Starr Gate - 20 Sandwich terns (N), 25 eiders (S), 200 common scoters (N), 15 red throated divers (N), 4 red breasted mergansers (N), 3 gannets (N), 4 siskins (N)

Norbreck - Gannet (N)

Stanley Park - 23 Tufted ducks, 4 great crested grebes, oystercatcher

Marton Mere LNR - 2 Little ringed plovers (SW), water rail, 6 Cetti's warblers, 5 blackcaps, 4 chiffchaffs, reed warbler, 100 sand martins, 3 swallows, 2 tree sparrows, 25 linnets, 2 oystercatchers, 2 lapwings, 2 sparrowhawks, buzzard, kestrel
Speckled wood
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