Sunday 7th May
Starr Gate - 5 Bottlenose dolphins, 3 harbour porpoises, 2 grey seals, 21 eiders (S), 400 common scoters (N), 4 red throated divers, 12 gannets, Arctic skua (N), 135 Arctic terns (SE), 4 razorbills (N), 135 swallows (N)
Marton - 2 Pipistrelle bats
Devonshire Road rock Gardens - Whitethroat, chiffchaff
Stanley Park - 4 Goldcrests, 2 great crested grebes, great spotted woodpeckers, oystercatchers
Staining Nook - Cetti's warbler, lesser whitethroat
Marton Mere LNR - Common sandpiper, lesser whitethroat, 3 Cetti's warblers, 4 blackcaps, 4 reed warblers, 3 sedge warblers, 3 willow warblers, buzzard, sparrowhawk
Saturday 6th May
North Blackpool Pond Trail Kincraig Lake - Tree bee, 2 great crested grebes, blackcap, willow warbler, reed warbler, song thrush,
Bispham Road - 2 Swifts,
Stanley Park - 9 Swifts
Preston New Road - 2 Siskins
Woodland Gardens - Tawny owl
Staining Nook - Cetti's warbler, lesser whitethroat
Marton Mere LNR - 7 Black tailed godwits, 3 swifts, 4 Cetti's warblers, lesser whitethroat, 2 tree sparrows, 3 great crested grebes, 3 linnets
Starr Gate - 5 Manx shearwaters (N), 26 red throated divers (N), red breasted merganser (N), 11 gannets (N), whimbrel (S), 3 kittiwakes (SS), little tern (N), 15 common terns, 73 Arctic terns, 2 guillemots, 2 puffins (N), 30 auk sp (N), 91 swifts (N), wheatear
Friday 5th May
Solaris Centre - Blue tailed damselfly (very unlikey to be from our pond as no exuvia found)
Blackpool Zoo - Blood bees sp (1st record for Blackpool), alder leaf beetles, blue tailed damselfly, toad
Warbreck Hill - Holly blue butterfly
Devonshire Road Rock Gardens - Holly blue butterfly
Heron's reach golf course - Little grebe
Stanley Park - 2 Swifts, 2 great crested grebes, 3 Mistle thrushes, great spotted woodpecker
Marton Mere LNR - Dunlin (E), swift, lesser whitethroat, 3 tree sparrows
Starr Gate - 11 Swifts (N), 12 red throated divers (N), 2 Manx shearwaters (N), 7 gannets, 6 whimbrels, 3 little terns (N), 6 common terns, 14 Arctic terns (N), 125 auk sp (N)
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| Tawny owl -taken at Martin Mere nr Southport |
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