Tuesday 15th March

A mild day 3 - 12C mostly sunny with a light easterly wind

North Shore - Harbour porpoise, grey seal, 11 eiders

Marton Mere LNR - Iceland gull, pink footed goose, 150 wigeon, 49 shovelers, 9 gadwall, 4 curlews, 25 black tailed godwits,  4 water rails, 4 pochards, 6 goldeneyes, goldcrest, 35 fieldfares, 6 Cetti's warblers, 2 buzzards, sparrowhawk

New South Promenade - 23 Whooper swans (N), eider (S), red throated diver, great crested grebe, 1000 common scoters

North Blackpool Pond Tail Kincraig Lake - 2 Pochards

North Blackpool Pond Trail Dumfries pond - Large amount of frog spawn

Grey seal

FAMILY WILDLIFE EVENT - Easter Saturday 26th March 2 - 3.30pm Wildlife on your doorstep. Meet at the North Blackpool Pond Trail Community Orchard Salmesbury Avenue FY2 0PS. Dress for the weather and wear suitable footwear, bring your camera and binoculars if you have them. This event is free but a donation to the Friends of North Blackpool Pond Trail would be appreciated.

Local wildlife photographer Barry Dean is holding an exhibition of his wildlife photos at the Solaris Centre during February and March

Please email your sightings and wildlife photos to solaris.centre @ blackpool.gov.uk - without the spaces

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

Marton Mere LNR has a Flickr group - please join
https://www.flickr.com/groups/2903819@N24/pool/

Volunteer Days at Marton Mere LNR are now every Tuesday and Thursday 10am - 3pm - All welcome. Wear suitable footwear and bring your lunch.
There may also be some volunteering opportunities 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.