Wednesday 27th April

Cold for the end of April 0 - 8C sunny spells with wintry showers blown in on a cold northerly wind

Chepstow Garden - Speckled Wood butterfly

Mossom Nature Field - Sparrowhawk

New South Promenade - 10 Sandwich terns, 6 sanderlings

Solaris Centre - Red tailed bumble bee

Marton Mere LNR - 2 Shelducks, snipe

Tuesday 26th April

Cool 3 - 10C some sunny spells with a brisk north westerly wind

Solaris Centre - Small tortoiseshell butterfly

North Blackpool Pond Trail - Great crested grebe

New South Promenade - 8 Gannets (N)

Signs of spring - opening oak buds at Mossom Nature Field

Family Wildlife Event - Spot Super Life in the Water at Ashfield Road pond on the North Blackpool Pond Trail FY2 0HB Monday 2nd May 11am - 12.30. Join the team to find what is lurking in the pond, get to know the creatures and their lifestyles - Free but a donation to the Friends of North Blackpool Pond Trail would be welcome.

Wildlife recording walk - Meet at the gate on Lawson's Road opposite Lancaster Road Tuesday 3rd May 1pm - 3pm for a wander round the reserve with the Friends of Marton Mere. Come along to learn what species we have and how to identify them - from birds to butterflies, orchids to dragonflies. Free but a donation to the Friends of Marton Mere would be welcome.

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