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