Monday 18th and Tuesday 19th April

About average for mid-April 5 - 11C mostly sunny with a cold strong westerly wind on Monday, lighter and not so chilly north westerly on Tuesday

Tuesday 19th April

Preston New Road - Fox, 2 siskins

Airport - 2 Stock doves

Marton Mere LNR-  3 lesser whitethroats, house martin, 2 whitethroats, 2 reed warblers, sedge warbler, 8 blackcaps, 4 willow warblers, tree sparrow, 4 buzzards, kestrel, many peacock butterflies, many small tortoiseshells

Starr Gate - 3 Common terns

Marton - Speckled wood butterfly

Monday 18th April

Starr Gate - Great skua, arctic skua, 7 Manx shearwaters, 3 gannets, 2 eiders, 3 swallows, 18 common scoters

Marton Mere LNR - Whimbrel (N), redshank, 5 oystercatchers, 2 sedge warblers, reed warbler, 4 blackcaps, 4 willow warblers, 4 tree sparrows, 2 shelducks

Stanley Park - 20 Swallows

Speckled wood

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

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