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
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