Wednesday 2nd & Thursday 3rd August

Slightly warmer than average temperatures 13 - 22C but feeling cool in the strong south westerly wind with frequent heavy showers

Thursday 3rd August

New South Promenade (National Whale & Dolphin Watch) - 5 Manx shearwaters, 4 gannets

Staining Nook - Weasel

Kipling Drive fields and hedgerows - 40 House sparrows

Marton Mere LNR - Green woodpecker, Mediterranean gull, common tern, grasshopper warbler, buzzard, kestrel, 25 house martins

Wednesday 2nd August

Devonshire Road Rock Gardens - Great spotted woodpecker, sparrowhawk

New South Promenade (National Whale & Dolphin Watch) - Grey seal, peregrine, 56 dunlins, great crested grebe

Town Centre - 3 Peregrines

Marton Mere LNR - Bittern

Peregrine in the town centre

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