Saturday 2 September 2017

Monday 28th August to Friday 1st September

A little cooler than average for the end of August. Mostly sunny but a thunderstorm on Thursday morning brought torrential rain. Winds were generally light from the west.

Friday 1st September

Anchorsholme - Wheatear

Town Centre - 2 Peregrines, sparrowhawk


Starr Gate - 2 Grey seals, wheatear,  shelducks (N),  10 gannets, red throated diver (N), kittiwake, 140 Sandwich terns, razorbill, guillemot, 6 grey wagtails (S)

Marton Mere LNR - Osprey (S), raven (S), sparrowhawk, 2 kestrels, buzzard, 2 water rail, 17 long ttailed tits, 3 chiffchaff, ring necked parakeet (S), 19 snipe, 2 lesser whitethroats

Staining Nook - Great spotted woodpecker

Heron's Reach golf course - Great crested grebe

Stanley Park - Nuthatch

Devonshire Road Rock Gardens - Great spotted woodpecker, goldcrest, coal tit

Thursday  31st August

Marton Mere LNR - 2 Ravens (N), Mediterranean gull, water rail, 2 curlews (W), 60 linnets, Cetti's warbler, buzzard, sparrowhawk, kestrel, 7 stock doves, comma butterfly

Town Centre - Pereggrine

Stanley Park - Ring necked parakeet, goldcrest, nuthatch, 10 gadwall

Wednesday 30th August

Lawson's field - Lesser whitethroat

Marton Mere LNR - Lesser whitethroat, 3 chiffchaffs, Cetti's warbler, 10 shovelers, buzzard, small copper, 4 small tortoiseshells, 4 red admiral butterflies

Staining Nook - Spotted flycatcher, lesser whitethroat,

Stanley Park - 21 Gadwall, grey wagtail, treecreeper, nuthatch

Devonshire Road Rock Gardens - 3 Moorhens, sparrowhawk

North shore - Peregrine

Starr Gate - Bottlenose dolphin (N), 21 shelducks (N), 300 common scoters, 300 Sandwich terns, 55 gannets, 3 Arctic skuas, 12 kittiwakes (N), razorbill

Starr Gate - 470 Common scoters, (S), 200 Sandwich terns, 9 gannets

Stanley Park - 14 Gadwall, nuthatch

St Stephen's cliffs - 5 Wheatears

Marton Mere LNR - 2 Lesser whitethroat, great spotted woodpecker, buzzard, kestrel, painted lady, small copper butterflies

Monday 28th August

Stanley Park - Nuthatch, 137 coots, 9 gadwall

Regency Gardens - 16 Blackbirds

Devonshire Road Rock Gardens - Great spotted woodpecker

Starr Gate - 1000 Sandwich terns, 2 little terns, 16 common terns, 2 Arctic skuas, 30 gannets, peregrine

Marton Mere LNR - Water rail, little grebe, 17 tufted ducks, 2 kestrels, great spotted woodpecker, 5 tree sparrows, 2 cetti's warblers
Sparrowhawk
EVENTS -  Solaris Centre  Fylde Futures - Friday 8th September 1.00pm - 3.00pm  - FREE
Bring you binoculars for the event the following morning - FREE



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