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