Friday 28th to Sunday 30th July

Warm nights but below average days 12 - 19C mostly sunny spells with heavy rain on Friday evening and a strong south westerly wind all weekend

Sunday 30th July

Devonshire Road Rock Gardens - Willow warbler, adult & juvenile sparrowhawk, whitethroat

Gynn Square (National Whale & Dolphin Watch) - 8 Golden plovers (S), curlew (S), 21 dunlin (S)

Mossom Nature Field - 2 Willow warblers, comma butterfly

Marton Mere LNR - Cetti's warbler, sparrowhawk

Stanley Park - 213 Coots, sand martin, 8 house martins, 5 pied wagtails

Saturday 29th July

Town Centre - 2 Peregrines

New South Promenade (National Whale & Dolphin Watch) - Grey seal, 150 common scoters

Stanley Park - Nuthatch, 3 great crested grebes

Marton Mere LNR - Otter, wigeon, kestrel

Friday 29th July

Marton Mere LNR - Bittern, kestrel, buzzard

Town Centre - Peregrine

Grey seal

EVENTS - National Whale and Dolphin Watch - Saturday 29th July - Sunday 6th August See here for local details - FREE

Marton Mere LNR - Moth & Bat night - Saturday 5th August 8.30pm - 11.30pm meet at the old cabin at the west end of the nature reserve - 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

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 26th & Thursday 27th July

Slightly cooler than average for late July 11 - 19C some very heavy rain and squally wind with some sunshine too.

Thursday 27th July

Coleridge Road/Talbot Road - Fleabane, coltsfoot, feverfew, black knapweed, tufted vetch, common mallow, dog rose, rough hawkbit, meadow brown butterfly, grasshopper sp, Eristalis sp hoverfly, red tailed bumble bee

Marton Mere LNR - Otter

Stanley Park - 3 Great crested grebes

Starr Gate - 1220 Common scoters, 14 Manx shearwaters (S), 11 gannets (S),19 Sandwich terns

Warbreck Hill - 8 Cormorants (N)

Town Centre - 2 Peregrines

Wednesday 26th July

Marton Mere LNR - Wigeon, kestrel, sparrowhawk

Town Centre - 3 Peregrines

North Blackpool Pond Trail Kincraig Lake - 2 adult + 2 juvenile Great crested grebes

Starr Gate - Roseate tern (S), 3 Shelducks, 500 common scoters, 212 Manx shearwaters (S), 24 gannets, 90 dunlins (S), 11 whimbrels (S), 2 Arctic skuas (S), 97 Sandwich terns


Red tailed bumble bee on black knapweed

EVENTS - National Whale and Dolphin Watch - Saturday 29th July - Sunday 6th August See here for local details - FREE

North Blackpool Pond Trail - Big Butterfly Count - Saturday 29th July 1pm - 3pm meet at the Kincraig Lake bird viewing area - FREE 

Marton Mere LNR - Moth & Bat night - Saturday 5th August 8.30pm - 11.30pm meet at the old cabin at the west end of the nature reserve - 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

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 24th July & Tuesday 25th July

About average temperatures for late July 12 - 20C some sunshine but heavy drizzle on Tuesday morning

Tuesday 25th July

Mossom Nature Field - Comma butterfly

Marton Mere LNR - Bittern, bullfinch, 2 barn owls, shoveler, wigeon, sparrowhawk, Cetti's warbler, emperor dragonfly, 2 brown hawker dragonflies

Salisbury Woodland Gardens - Smooth newt, toad, blue tailed damselfly

Town Centre - 2 Peregrines

Monday 24th July

Town Centre - 2 Peregrines

Marton Mere LNR - Bullfinch, bittern, 2 barn owls, sparrowhawk, grey wagtail, Cetti's warbler, brimstone butterfly

Comma at Devonshire Road Rock Gardens

EVENTS - National Whale and Dolphin Watch - Saturday 29th July - Sunday 6th August See here for local details - FREE

North Blackpool Pond Trail - Big Butterfly Count - Saturday 29th July 1pm - 3pm meet at the Kincraig Lake bird viewing area - FREE 

Marton Mere LNR - Moth & Bat night - Saturday 5th August 8.30pm - 11.30pm meet at the old cabin at the west end of the nature reserve - 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

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   

Thursday 19th - Sunday 23rd July

About average temperatures for mid-July 11 - 20C

Sunday 23rd July

Marton Mere LNR - Bittern, buzzard, kestrel, great spotted woodpecker

Town Centre - 2 Peregrines

Starr Gate - 5 Grey seals, Pomarine skua (N), Arctic skua (S), roseate tern (S), 148 Sandwich terns, 3 great crested grebes

Devonshire Road Rock Gardens - Sparrowhawk, moorhen, whitethroat

Saturday 22nd July

Stanley Park - 13 Swifts, nuthatch, grey wagtail, goldcrest

Marton Mere LNR - 3 Wigeon, peregrine (SE), buzzard, kestrel, 2 Cetti's warblers, fungus gnat Sciara hemerioides (probably first record for the Fylde)

Starr Gate - 6 Grey seals,15 eiders, 1400 common scoters, red throated diver (S), 6 Manx shearwaters, 11 gannets, 2 golden plovers, 2 black tailed godwits, bar tailed godwit, 9 whimbrels, 7 curlews, 66 Sandwich terns, guillemot

Friday 20th July

Town Centre - 3 Peregrines

Starr Gate - 620 Common scoters, 30 Manx shearwaters, 12 gannets, 4 golden plovers, 6 whimbrels, 3 kittiwakes, 34 Sandwich terns, 14 common terns, Arctic tern

Stanley Park - 3 Great crested grebes

Marton Mere LNR - Bittern

Mossom Nature Field - Sneezewort

Great pied hoverfly

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

EVENTS - National Whale and Dolphin Watch - Saturday 29th July - Sunday 6th August See here for local details - FREE

North Blackpool Pond Trail - Big Butterfly Count - Saturday 29th July 1pm - 3pm meet at the Kincraig Lake bird viewing area - FREE 

Marton Mere LNR - Moth & Bat night - Saturday 5th August 8.30pm - 11.30pm meet at the old cabin at the west end of the nature reserve - 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

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

EVENTS - National Whale and Dolphin Watch - Saturday 29th July - Sunday 6th August See here for local details - FREE

North Blackpool Pond Trail - Big Butterfly Count - Saturday 29th July 1pm - 3pm meet at the Kincraig Lake bird viewing area - FREE 

Marton Mere LNR - Moth & Bat night - Saturday 5th August 8.30pm - 11.30pm meet at the old cabin at the west end of the nature reserve - 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

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 18th and Wednesday 19th July

Hot and humid 9 - 27C Sunny with torrential rain during thunderstorm on Wednesday afternoon

Wednesday 19th July

Starr Gate - 200 Common scoters (S), 115 Manx shearwaters (S), 2 whimbrels (S), 40 Sandwich terns

Stanley Park - 3 Great crested grebes

Marton Mere LNR - Common sandpiper, curlew (SW), sparrowhawk

Town Centre - 2 Peregrines

Tuesday 18th July

South Beach - Common starfish, sand goby, blennies, lesser spotted catshark mermaid's purse, thornback ray mermaid's purse, many brown shrimps, 2 common prawns, several beadlet anemones, tower shell, rayed trough shell, many juvenile green shore crabs

Solaris Centre - Common darter dragonfly + several nymphs, damselfly nymph, water beetle sp, front swimming waterboatmen, frog tadpole, many pea mussels, keeled ramshorn snails, common ramshorn snails

Starr Gate - Red throated diver, 4 great crested grebes, 4 Manx shearwaters, 8 golden plovers (S), 225dunlin (S), 50 sanderlings (S), 48 Sandwich terns

Stanley Park - 3 Great crested grebes

Marton - 20 Swifts

Marton Mere LNR - 2 Snipe, common sandpiper, adult + 3 juvenile grey wagtails, 2 kestrels, great spotted woodpecker (NW)

Town Centre - 2 Peregrines

Common starfish and rayed trough shell

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

EVENTS - National Whale and Dolphin Watch - Saturday 29th July - Sunday 6th August See here for local details - FREE

North Blackpool Pond Trail - Big Butterfly Count - Saturday 29th July 1pm - 3pm meet at the Kincraig Lake bird viewing area - FREE 

Marton Mere LNR - Moth & Bat night - Saturday 5th August 8.30pm - 11.30pm meet at the old cabin at the west end of the nature reserve - 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

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

Friday 14th to Monday 17th July

About average for mid July 14 - 20C Some lengthy sunny spells and heavy rain on Saturday morning

Monday 17th July

Stadium Avenue - 2 Hedgehogs

Heron's Reach golf course - Little grebe

Marton Mere LNR - Bittern, shoveler, 2 kestrels, 5 tree sparrows, 7 swifts

Sunday 16th July

Warbreck Hill - Ectemnius wasp

Mossom Nature Field - 20 Small skipper butterflies, many black tipped soldier beetles

Marton Mere LNR - Stoat, 5 teal, Cetti's warbler, common sandpiper

Heron's Reach golf course - 4 Little grebes

Saturday 15th July

Regency Gardens - Fox

Town Centre - 2 Peregrines

Stanley Park - Treecreeper, 2 great crested grebes

Marton Mere LNR - Common tern, 2 buzzards, kestrel, 2 lapwings, 5 tree sparrows

Friday 14th July

Starr Gate - Arctic skua, 160 common scoters, 20 Manx shearwaters  (N)

Marton Mere LNR - Bittern, common sandpiper, common tern

Stanley Park - Kestrel (very unusual here)

Town Centre - 2 Peregrines

Micro-moth Lozotaeniodes formosana at the Zoo bioblitz (a species currently in the process of colonising north Lancashire)

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

EVENTS - National Whale and Dolphin Watch - Saturday 29th July - Sunday 6th August See here for local details - FREE

North Blackpool Pond Trail - Big Butterfly Count - Saturday 29th July 1pm - 3pm meet at the Kincraig Lake bird viewing area - FREE 

Marton Mere LNR - Moth & Bat night - Saturday 5th August 8.30pm - 11.30pm meet at the old cabin at the west end of the nature reserve - 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

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 11th - Thursday 13th July

A cool for mid July 9 - 20C  mostly sunny with light easterly winds

Thursday 13th July

New South Promenade - Barrel jellyfish, many brown shrimps, many sand gobies, common prawn, several green shore crabs, blennie, a cushion star, common otter shell

Solaris Centre - 3 Small white, meadow brown, large white butterflies, cinnabar moth caterpillars

Marton Mere LNR - Bittern, 3 teal, 3 kestrels, buzzard

Stanley Park - 4 Great crested grebes

Wednesday 12th July

New South Promenade - 20 Sandwich terns, 9 barrel jellyfish, many brown shrimps, bearded rockling, several green shore crabs

Solaris Centre - 3 Small whites, red admiral, small tortoiseshell butterflies, blue tailed damselfly

Marton Mere LNR - Bittern, snipe, curlew (over), 2 lapwings, 2 kestrels, 4 teals, 750 starlings (roosted), red admiral, meadow brown, speckled wood butterflies, 10 brown hawkers

Stanley Park - 4 Great crested grebes

Tuesday 11th July

Marton Mere LNR - 5 Shovelers, grey wagtail, buzzard, kestrel

Stanley Park - Grey wagtail, 2 great crested grebes

Barrel jellyfish - a small one!

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

EVENTS - National Whale and Dolphin Watch - Saturday 29th July - Sunday 6th August See here for local details - FREE

North Blackpool Pond Trail - Big Butterfly Count - Saturday 29th July 1pm - 3pm meet at the Kincraig Lake bird viewing area - FREE 

Marton Mere LNR - Moth & Bat night - Saturday 5th August 8.30pm - 11.30pm meet at the old cabin at the west end of the nature reserve - 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

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


 

Friday 7th - Monday 10th July

A cool weekend 11 - 18C some sunshine with generally light winds

Monday 10th July

Marton Mere LNR - Green sandpiper, common tern, 11 tree sparrow

Starr Gate - 3 Grey seals, Arctic skua, 4 gannets

Sunday 9th July

Mossom Nature Field - 119 Meadow browns, 78 small skippers, 10 large skippers, 4 small tortoiseshells, 3 commas, 2 green veined white butterflies, 3 silver Y moths, brown hawker dragonfly

Warbreck Hill - 4 Swifts, swallow (N)

Stanley Park - Common sandpiper, great crested grebe

Devonshire Road Rock Gardens - White letter hairstreak, 3 comma butterflies, brown hawker dragonfly, blackcap

Marton Mere LNR - Bittern, 3 common terns, 3 grey wagtails, grasshopper warbler, 8 teal, 3 kestrels, sparrowhawk, 5 tree sparrows

Beechfield Avenue - Peregrine (over)

Stanley Park - Coal tit

Salisbury Woodland Gardens - Nuthatch

Warbreck Hill/Regency Gardens - Goldcrest

Saturday 8th July

Stanley Park - 2 Great crested grebes, great spotted woodpecker

Heron's Reach Golf Course - adult + 3 juvenile Little grebes, reed warbler

Salisbury Woodland Gardens - Grey wagtail

Marton Mere LNR - 2 Teal, buzzard, kestrel, grasshopper warbler, 10 swifts, 2 curlews (over)

Lawson's Wetland - Grasshopper warbler

Warbreck Hill - Coal tit

Friday 7th July

Starr Gate - 19 Shelducks, 820 common scoters, 2 Manx shearwaters, 20 gannets, 23 Sandwich terns, 2 guillemots

Marton Mere LNR - Common tern, 2 kestrels, sparrowhawk

White letter hairstreak at Devonshire Road Rock Gardens

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

EVENTS - National Whale and Dolphin Watch - Saturday 29th July - Sunday 6th August See here for local details - FREE

North Blackpool Pond Trail - Big Butterfly Count - Saturday 29th July 1pm - 3pm meet at the Kincraig Lake bird viewing area - FREE 

Marton Mere LNR - Moth & Bat night - Saturday 5th August 8.30pm - 11.30pm meet at the old cabin at the west end of the nature reserve - 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

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
 

1st July - 6th July

Apologies for the break in service

Thursday 6th July

Devonshire Road Rock Gardens - 3 White letter hairstreaks, 10 meadow browns, small  skipper, small tortoiseshell butterflies, ruby tiger moth caterpillar, whitethroat, blackcap

North Pier - 7 Barrel jellyfish

New South Promenade - 6 Bottlenose dolphins, Risso's dolphin (first sighting from the promenade for a long time), 3 harbour porpoises, grey seal, 4 swifts, 4 eiders (S), 21 Manx shearwaters (N), 18 gannets (N), 8 whimbrels (S), 9 curlews (S), 49 Sandwich terns, 12 common terns, 2 guillemots

Marton Mere LNR - Common tern, 2 teal, 5 linnets, kestrel, 2 commas, small skipper butterflies

Stanley Park - juvenile Grey wagtail

Wednesday 5th July

Town Centre - 2 Grey wagtails

Lawson's field Grasshopper warbler

Marton Mere LNR - Redshank, 3 lapwings, 3 Cetti's warblers, 2 buzzards

Stanley Park - 17 Swifts, 2 juvenile grey wagtails, nuthatch, goldcrest

New South Promenade - 4 Grey seals, 670 common scoters (S), 12 gannets, kestrel (S), whimbrel (S)

Tuesday 4th July

Marton Mere LNR - Bittern, herring gull (with asymmetrical wing patterns), 3 sand martins, 2 common terns

Starr Gate - 282 Common scoters, 4 whimbrels (S), 8 gannets, common sandpiper (S), 20 redshanks (S)

Stanley Park - Little egret (SW)

Salisbury Woodland Gardens - Nuthatch

Monday 3rd July

Marton Mere LNR - Common tern, common sandpiper, 15 lapwings, sparrowhawk

Stanley Park - Grey wagtail

Sunday 2nd July

Starr Gate - 500 Common scoters, 5 Manx shearwaters, 9 gannets, whimbrel (S), 10 kittiwakes (S), 14 shelducks, 45 common terns, 2 guillemots (N)

Marton Mere LNR -2 Redshanks, 2 curlews (SW), common tern, lesser whitethroat

Saturday 1st July

Stadium Avenue - 2 Hedgehogs

North Blackpool Pond Trail Kincraig Lake - Great crested grebe, 58 mallards, pied wagtail, house martin

Stanley Park - Grey wagtail, 4 gadwall

Staining Nook - Peregrine (over)

Marton Mere LNR - Common tern, great spotted woodpecker

Bottlenose dolphin photographed off the mirror ball at the end of June

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

EVENTS - National Whale and Dolphin Watch 29 July - 6th August See here for local details

Marton Mere Moth & Bat night Saturday 5th August 8.30pm - 11.30pm

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