A very mixed weekend 2 - 10C with sunny spells, heavy rain and hail and snow showers with light S winds veering W and increasing to gale force.
Sunday 1st March
Marton Mere LNR - Iceland gull, firecrest, treecreeper, barn owl, 4 Cetti's warblers, stonechat, pochard, great crested grebe, 7 goldeneyes, 3 water rails, 70 fieldfares, 35 pied wagtails (NW - where is the roost, Victoria hospital?), 2 goldcrests, 2 mistle thrushes
North Shore garden - Blackcap
North Pier - 5000 Starlings (roosted)
North Blackpool Pond Trail Kincraig Lake - Heron (on nest), great crested grebe, 7 teal, sparrowhawk, great spotted woodpecker
Starr Gate - 6 Kittiwakes
Saturday 28th February
North Shore Go-kart track - 2 Purple sandpipers, 180 redshanks, 26 turnstones
North Shore - 1200 Common scoters, 2 eiders
Marton Mere LNR - Buzzard, 2 skylarks (NW), pochard, 3 Cetti's warblers, 3 water rails, 2 mistle thrushes, 2 tree sparrows
There is now a Facebook group for all things Marton Mere LNR including news of events and volunteer projects
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
There are now volunteering opportunities at Marton Mere LNR. Some may be suitable for school/works/community groups etc. Contact Annie on 07469 038520 or annie.heslop @ blackpool.gov.uk (without the spaces) for full details of projects, dates and times.
Blackpool Conservation Team are also on Twitter @BlackpoolCT for you to follow and join in their excellent work
