Monday 8th May

Another cool night followed by a mild day 3 - 16C sunny with a light north easterly breeze

Solaris Centre - 2 Linnets, 2 cinnabar moths, several blue tailed damselfly nymphs, common darter dragonfly nymph, diving beetle sp, pond skater

Highfield Road - 2 Swifts

Marton - 5 Swifts, pr of blackbirds with 3 fledged young, whitethroat

Heron's Reach golf course - Grasshopper warbler, sedge warbler, reed warbler, much water violet in flower

Heron's Reach - many Blackcaps, orange tip butterfly, peacock butterfly, green veined white butterfly

Gynn Gardens - Whitethroat, willow warbler

Stanley Park - 2 Great crested grebes, great spotted woodpecker, 12 jackdaws, 2 chiffchaffs, 3 blackcaps

Salisbury Woodland Garden - Chiffchaff, blackcap

Lawson's Wetland - Reed warbler

Marton Mere LNR - Grasshopper warbler, lesser whitethroat, 3 Cetti's warblers, 2 common sandpipers, 6 swifts, 6 house martins, 6 tre sparrows, buzzard, sparrowhawk

Staining Nook - Lesser whitethroat, Cetti's warbler

Starr Gate - Grey seal, 6 teal (N), 314 common scoters (N), 4 red breasted mergansers (N). 6 red throated divers, 107 Manx shearwaters (N), 5 gannets, whimbrel (N), Pomarine skua (N), Arctic skua (N), 4 kittiwakes (N), 57 Arctic terns (N), 29 auk sp (N), 62 swallows (N)

Blood bee at Blackpool Zoo

EVENT - Bioblitz at Blackpool Zoo, Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st May - See poster below but note that events shaded green must be pre-booked. For the other events normal zoo admission fees apply 

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