Sunday 13th March
Town Centre - Peregrine
Central Pier - 60 Oystercatchers
North Blackpool Pond Trail Kincraig Lake - 2 Pochards, 2 shovelers, 5 teal, great spotted woodpecker, sparrowhawk, 13 house sparrows
Heron's Reach - Treecreeper
Lawson's Wetland - Stonechat (a different one to the regular bird through the winter), meadow pipit
Ashworth Road waste depot - Iceland gull
Marton Mere LNR - Noctule bat, black necked grebe, bearded tit(s?), bittern, barn owl, 4 siskins (N), 2 buzzards, Iceland gull (Same as above), jack snipe, 26 whooper swans (N), kestrel, 2 oystercatchers, great spotted woodpecker, 5 pochards, 2 skylarks, coal tit, 8 curlews (N), 10 Cetti's warblers, 2500 pink footed geese (N), little grebe, 2 great crested grebes, 2 water rails, tree bees, buff tailed bumble bees, 2 peacock butterflies, small tortoiseshell, cow parsley in flower, lesser celandine, snake's head fritillary flower buds showing, cowslips flower buds showing
Saturday 12th March
Marton Mere LNR - Black necked grebe, little grebe, 3 great crested grebes, 7 goldeneyes, 66 wigeon, curlew (SE), 4 oystercatchers
Ashworth Road waste depot - Iceland gull
North Shore golf course - Goldcrest
Starr Gate - Redwing, 3 grey wagtails
Friday 11th March
Marton Mere LNR - Bittern, 2 barn owls, 6 redwings (E), 6 Cetti's warblers, 120 pink footed geese (on east fields + 46 N), 11 goldeneyes, 25 shovelers, 65 wigeon, 3 water rails, 43 black tailed godwits (N), 11 stock doves, 35 fieldfares, 2 coal tits, skylark
Town centre - Peregrine, grey wagtail
Heron's Reach - 31 Whooper swans (N)
New South Promenade - 159 Sanderlings
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| Pink footed geese heading back to Iceland |
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
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.
