Monday 18th to Tuesday 26th September

Fairly mild for mid-September 5 - 19C

Good numbers of Red admiral butterflies are still on the move southwards. Speckled woods continue to fly on warmer days. It's all change in the bird world too as migration gets in to full swing. Some interesting mammals have also been seen.

Tuesday 26th September

Marton Mere LNR - Kingfisher, 3 Cetti's warblers

Town Centre - 2 Peregrines

Staining Nook - 2 Blackcaps

Lawson's Wetland - Cetti's warbler

Heron's Reach golf course - Cetti's warbler

Gynn Gardens - Blackcap, 3 goldcrests, chiffchaff

Devonshire Road Rock Gardens - 2 Goldcrests, sparrowhawk

Monday 25th September

Stanley Park - Ring necked parakeet,

Marton Mere LNR - Wood Sandpiper, kingfisher, barn owl, 6 snipe, 3 water rails

Town Centre - 2 Peregrines

North Shore go-kart track - Purple sandpiper, 2 wheatears

Bushes at Metropole Hotel - yellow browed warbler, chiffchaff

Mossom Nature Field - Sparrowhawk

Warbreck Hill - Oystercatcher (SW)

Sunday 24th September

Marton Mere LNR - Great white egret, 2 ravens (NW), Cetti's warbler, 2 great spotted woodpeckers (S), 2 chiffchaffs, 30 shovelers, 2 wigeon

Lawson's Wetland - Cetti's warbler

Mossom Nature Field - Willow warbler

Saturday 23rd September

Marton Mere LNR - Bittern, Mediterranean gull, 19 teal, 35 tufted ducks, water rail, 2 chiffchaffs

Stanley Park - 23 Gadwall, 2 goldcrests, 5 grey wagtails

North Shore go-kart track - Purple sandpiper, 2 red throated divers

Warbreck Hill - Kestrel, coal tit, goldcrest

Devonshire Road Rock Gardens - Goldcrest, sparrowhawk

Friday 22nd September

Town Centre - 3 Peregrines, 2 grey wagtails

Salisbury Woodland Garden - Water rail

Stanley Park - 18 Gadwall

Jubilee Gardens - 2 Goldcrests, chiffchaff

Marton Mere LNR - 3 Little egrets (NE), wheatear, 3 Cetti's warblers

Thursday 21st September

Stanley Park - Ring necked parakeet

Bushes near Metropole Hotel - 28 House sparrows

Town Centre - 2 Peregrines

Marton Mere LNR - 20 Pied wagtails, 2 Cetti's warblers, buzzard, sparrowhawk

Stanley Park - 19 Gadwall, oystercatcher

Bispham Cliffs - Wheatear

Wednesday 20th September

Starr Gate - Harbour porpoise, Arctic skua, 13 shelducks (N), 3 wigeon (S), eider, 520 common scoters, 15 red throated divers, gannet (S), 5 razorbills

Marton Mere LNR - 2 Otters, 2 ravens, water rail, 13 teal

Stanley Park - 14 Gadwall, 2 nuthatches, coal tit

Town Centre - 3 Peregrines

Tuesday 19th September

Gynn Gardens - 2 Whitethroats

Devonshire Road Rock Gardens - 3 Moorhens, 2 coal tits

Marton Mere LNR - Sparrowhawk, kestrel, 30 tufted ducks, 4 Cetti's warblers, 3 chiffchaffs

Monday 18th September

Devonshire Road Rock Gardens - 2 Moorhens, chiffchaff, goldcrest, coal tit

Warbreck Hill - Golden plover (over during the night), chiffchaff

Starr Gate - 2 Harbour porpoises, 3 grey seals, 1665 common scoters, 59 red throated divers, 40 Sandwich terns, 7 razorbills, 3 guillemots, 3 gannets (N)

Marton Mere LNR - 3 Stoats, 2 great crested newts, 3 jays, pintail, 23 gadwall, water rail, buzzard, kestrel, blackcap, 2 chiffchaffs, 6 Cetti's warblers, 3 goldcrests, snipe

Goldcrest in Stanley Park

There are no EVENTS planned at the present time

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 

Tuesday 5th & Wednesday 6th September

Cool days but warm nights 13 - 17C rain then cloudy and some short sunny spells with a mostly brisk westerly wind

Wednesday 6th September

Starr Gate - Sabine's gull (S), 10 Arctic skuas (S), great skua (S), 37 kittiwakes (S), fulmar (S), Manx shearwater (S), 800 Sandwich terns

Town Centre - Grey wagtail, peregrine

Marton Mere LNR - Ring necked parakeet, little grebe, 4 snipe, 15 shovelers, 2 tree sparrows, Cetti's warblers

Staining Nook - 10 Long tailed tits, willow warbler

Devonshire Road Rock Gardens - Sparrowhawk, goldcrest

North Shore - Peregrine

Tuesday 5th September

Bispham cliffs - 2 Wheatears

Regency Gardens - 14 Blackbirds

Devonshire Road Rock Gardens - 11 Blackbirds, blackcap, 2 moorhens

Stanley Park - 2 Blackcaps, willow warbler, treecreeper, nuthatch, great spotted woodpecker, 3 house martins, 10 pied wagtails

Marton Mere LNR - Buzzard, sparrowhawk, kestrel, 15 shovelers, 10 teal, Cetti's warbler

Blackbird

EVENTS -  Solaris Centre  Fylde Future - Friday 8th September 1.00pm - 3.00pm  - FREE

Bring you binoculars and fishing net for the event the following morning - 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 

Weekend 2nd - 4th September

Cool night but warm days 6 - 21C mostly sunny, rain on Sunday morning, with a light south easterly breeze

Monday 4th September

Marton Mere LNR - Black tailed godwit, 25 teal, snipe, 2 kestrels, sparrowhawk, 2 Cetti's warblers

Staining Nook - Great spotted woodpecker

Stanley Park - 10 Gadwall, coal tit

Weymouth Road field - 10 Pied wagtails

Starr Gate - 4 Grey seals, Arctic skua (S), 350 Sandwich terns, 31gannets (S), 25 kittiwakes (S), 6 razorbills, great crested grebe

North Shore - 2 Peregrines

Devonshire Road Rock Gardens - Toad, 2 goldcrests

Town Centre - 2 Grey wagtails, peregrine

Norbreck - Grey seal, 11 gannets, 2 kittiwakes, 20 Sandwich terns

Sunday 3rd September

Town Centre - Peregrine

Marton Mere LNR - 15 Shovelers, 12 teal, 2 snipe, kestrel, Cetti's warbler

Saturday 2nd September

Regency Gardens - Sparrowhawk

North Shore - Wheatear, 4 mute swans (on sea - unusual), 6 gannets, 29 shelducks (N)

Stanley Park - 11 Gadwall, 2 nuthatches, 5 goldcrests, ring necked parakeet, great spotted woodpecker

Marton Mere LNR - Barn owl, bittern, garden warbler, raven (SE), 17 godwit sp, grey wagtail, 25 linnets, 2000 starlings (roosted), Cetti's warbler, 2 buzzards, sparrowhawk, kestrel

Staining Nook - Swift, 2 willow warblers

Kestrel

EVENTS -  Solaris Centre  Fylde Future - Friday 8th September 1.00pm - 3.00pm  - FREE

Bring you binoculars for the event the following morning - 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 

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

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 

Monday 21st August to Sunday 27th August

About average temperatures for the end of August 9 - 23C

Sunday 27th August

North Shore cliffs - 3 Wheatears

Town Centre - 2 Peregrines

Marton Mere LNR - 14 Teal, 9 gadwall, buzzard, sparrowhawk, great spotted woodpecker, grey wagtail, Cetti's warbler

Norbreck - 4 Harbour porpoises, 2 razorbills

Devonshire Road rock Gardens - adult + 2 juvenile Moorhens, coal tit, 8 parasol mushrooms

Starr Gate - 3 Bottlenose dolphins, 16 gannets, curlew (S), 5 golden plovers (S)

Saturday 26th August

Starr Gate - 860 Common scoters (S), 52 gannets (S), whimbrel (S), 118 Sandwich terns (S), razorbill

North Blackpool Pond Trail Kincraig Lake - Soprano pipistrelle, pipistrelle, Daubenton's bats, old lady, large yellow underwing, lesser yellow underwing, lesser broad bordered yellow underwing, flame shoulder, straw dot moths, 6 teal, spaqrrowhawk, great spotted woodpecker, adult & juv great crested grebe

North Blackpool Pond Trail - Kestrel

Heron's Reach golf course - Water rail, little grebe, great spotted woodpecker (NE)

Marton Mere LNR - Hedgehog, 14 shovelers, 11 gadwal, snipe, sparrowhawk, kestrel, 6 stock doves, great spotted woodpecker, 17 tree sparrows, 4 Cetti's warblers

Lawson's field - Cetti's warbler

Friday 25th August

Town Centre - 2 Peregrines

Zoo - Great spotted woodpecker (E)

Marton Mere LNR - 11 Teal, buzzard, 7 stock doves

Starr Gate - 128 Sandwich terns (S), 2 grey wagtails (S)

Stanley Park - 20 Long tailed tits, great spotted woodpecker

Thursday 24th August

Starr Gate - Little tern (S), 312 Sandwich terns (S), razorbill (S), 4 shelducks (S)

Stanley Park - Ring necked parakeet, nuthatch

Marton Mere LNR - Redshank (over), 15 gadwall, 17 teal, sparrowhawk, kestrel, Cetti's warbler

Wednesday 23rd August

Town Centre - Peregrine

Starr Gate - 2 Arctic skuas (S), great skua (S), 115 Sandwich terns (S),

Marton Mere LNR - Cetti's warbler, great spotted woodpecker, sparrowhawk, kestrel

Tuesday 22nd August

Town Centre - 3 Peregrines

Marton Mere LNR - Bittern, ad + 2 juv little grebes, sparrowhawk, lesser whitethroat

Lawson's field - 50 Swallows

Marton Tesco - 150 Pied wagtails (pre-roost)

Marton Glasdons - 350 Swallows (pre-roost)

Monday 21st August

Lawson's field - Great spotted woodpecker (NE)

Marton Mere LNR - 9 Gadwall, buzzard, sparrowhawk, 120 coots, Cetti's warbler

Stanley Park - Peregrine (W)

Mossom Nature Field - Sparrowhawk (W), willow warbler

North Blackpool Pond Trail Kincraig Lake - 2 adult & 2 juvenile Great crested grebes, 65 mallards

Parasol mushrooms at Devonshire Road Rock Gardens

EVENT -  Solaris Centre  Fylde Futures - Friday 8th September 1.00pm - 3.00pm  - 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 

Wednesday 15th to Sunday 20th August

A little cooler than average for mid-August 10 - 21C very changeable weather with a generally moderate to strong north westerly wind

Sunday 20th August

Marton Mere LNR - Barn owl, buzzard, sparrowhawk, lesser whitethroat, curlew (W), 2 swifts, 2 common blue butterflies

Starr Gate - 22 Shelducks (S), 6 gannets (N), 2 Arctic skuas, 310 Sandwich terns

Bispham Road - Buzzard (S)

Warbreck Hill - House martin (N)

Saturday 19th August

Stanley Park - 20 House martins

Marton Mere LNR - Otter, 14 snipe, 2 bullfinches, 12 teal, 5 tree sparrows, swift

Devonshire Road Rock Gardens - Sparrowhawk, blackcap

Lawson's Wetland - Kestrel

Marton - Elephant hawkmoth

 Friday 18th August

Talbot Road - adult and juvenile Pied wagtail

Town Centre - Peregrine

Starr Gate - 5 Arctic skuas (S), 5 whimbrels (S), 20 kittiwakes (S), 18 gannets, 12 shelducks (S), 2 Manx sheawaters

Marton Mere LNR - 2 Otters 

Caunce Street - Painted lady butterfly

Thursday 17th August


Solaris Centre - painted lady butterfly

Town Centre - 3 Peregrines

Marton Mere LNR - 4 Peregrines, buzzard, sparrowhawk, kestrel, great spotted woodpecker, brimstone butterfly

Ferguson Road - Swift

Squires Gate - Swift

Starr Gate - 2 Arctic skuas, fulmar (S), 35 gannets (S), 185 Sandwich terns (S), guillemot

New South Promenade - very large 5 bearded rockling, blennies, green shore crabs, common prawns, brown shrimps, beadlet anemones, common sand stars   

Wednesday 16th August

New South Promenade - Painted top shell (1st record for Blackpool), blennies, sand gobies, beadlet anemones, green shore crabs, brown shrimps, common prawns, common otter shell, large necklace shell 

Starr Gate - 29 Gannets, 2 whimbrels (S), 2 great crested grebes, 190 Sandwich terns

Town Centre - 4 Ravens (SE), 2 peregrines

Beechfield Avenue - Swift

Marton Mere LNR - Buzzard 

Staining Nook - Great spotted woodpecker

5-bearded rockling

EVENT -  North Blackpool Pond Trail - Moth & Bat night - Saturday 26th August 8.00pm - Late. Meet at the bird viewing area at Kincraig Lake opposite the Spar on Kincraig Road FY2 0HN. Bring a torch and wear warm clothes - 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 
 

Tuesday 8th to Tuesday 15th August

A cooler than average start to the month 9 - 19C

Tuesday 15th August

New South Promenade - Green shore crab, 2 common prawns, many brown shrimps, blenny, sand goby, beadlet anemone, dog whelks, common whelks, edible mussels, common cockles, pod razors, bean razors, hornwrack

Beechfield Avenue - Sparrowhawk (over) 

Marton Mere LNR - Buzzard, sparrowhawk

Town Centre - Peregrine 

North Shore - Peregrine

Monday 14th August

Marton Mere LNR - 4 Snipe, bullfinch, sparrowhawk, kestrel

Stanley Park - 27 Mute swans

Town Centre - 3 Peregrines

Beechfield Avenue - Peregrine (over)

Sunday 13th August

Starr Gate - 720 Common scoters, 2 Arctic skuas, 3 gannets, 250 Sandwich terns, 2 wheatears, grey wagtail, 7 swifts (SE)

Marton Mere LNR - Weasel, redshank, snipe, shoveler, 20 black tailed godwits (S), buzzard, kestrel, 2 Cettis warblers, 2 lesser whitethroats, willow warbler, 5 reed warblers, 2 song thrushes, 4 peacock butterflies

Staining Nook - 2 Blackcaps

Salisbury Woodland Gardens - Mediterranean gull, sparrowhawk, buzzard, 3 swifts

Saturday 12th August

Devonshire Road Rock Gardens - 2 Moorhens, 2 sparrowhawks, lesser whitethroat

Stanley Park - Great spotted woodpecker, goldcrest

Starr Gate - 890 Common scoters, fulmar, 3 Arctic skuas, great skua, 12 gannets, 120 Sandwich terns

Heron's Reach golf course - juvenile Little grebe

Friday 11th August

Solaris Centre - 2 Grey wagtails

Starr Gate - 12 Manx shearwaters, 8 Arctic skuas, 3 gannets, 570 common scoters, peregrine, 300 Sandwich terns, kittiwake

Town Centre - Peregrine

Marton Mere LNR - Bittern, little ringed plover

Thursday 10th August

Staining Nook - Lesser whitethroat, 2 blackcaps, kestrel, swift

Stanley Park - Pochard, juvenile little grebe, great crested grebe

Marton Mere LNR - 2 Lesser whitethroats, 3 tree sparrows, 7 stock doves

Starr Gate - 320 Common scoters, curlew (S), 15 redshanks (S), 2 Arctic skuas, 350 Sandwich terns

Wednesday 9th August

Marton Mere LNR - 11 Swifts (S), 40 swallows, Cetti's warbler, kestrel, sparrowhawk, 7 stock doves

North Pier - 2 Bottlenose dolphins

Starr Gate - 400 Common scoters, 7 gannets (N), Arctic skua, 370 Sandwich terns, 7 common terns

Tuesday 8th August

Marton Mere LNR - Fox, lesser whitethroat, Cetti's warbler, great spotted woodpecker, swift, 7 stock doves, buzzard, kestrel, painted lady butterfly

Starr Gate - 550 Common scoters, 2 Arctic skuas, 430 Sandwich terns, 15 common terns, 2 Arctic terns

Town Centre - 2 Peregrines

Painted Lady

EVENT -  Marton Mere Celebration Day Saturday 19th August Lots going on from 10am until 4pm. More details at the Visitor Centre on the day - FREE

North Blackpool Pond Trail - Moth & Bat night - Saturday 26th August 8.00pm - Late. Meet at the bird viewing area at Kincraig Lake opposite the Spar on Kincraig Road FY2 0HN. Bring a torch and wear warm clothes - 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