Sunday 4th June
North Blackpool Pond Trail Holyoake Avenue - 2 Common blue butterflies, 2 blue tailed damselflies, bee orchid (not in flower), 3 common broomrapes, 2 chiffchaffs, whitethroat
Devonshire Road Rock Gardens - Whitethroat, 2 blackcaps, 2 chiffchaffs, song thrush, 4 common blue butterflies, large skipper butterfly
Warbreck Hill - Oystercatcher (nesting somewhere on Unity Academy/Mexford House?)
Starr Gate - Fulmar (S), Arctic skua, 225 Manx shearwaters, 150 Sandwich terns, 36 kittiwakes (S), 18 gannets, 16 guillemots, 10 shelducks (S)
Salisbury Woodland Gardens - Nuthatch, great spotted woodpecker
Marton Mere LNR - 2 Gadwall, 2 shovelers, great crested grebe, kestrel, lesser whitethroat, 5 swifts
Saturday 3rd June
North Blackpool Pond Trail Holyoake Avenue - 2 Chiffchaffs, whitethroat, song thrush, bee orchid (not in flower), 3 common broomrapes
Stanley Park - 3 Goldcrests, 4 adult + 2 juvenile great crested grebes, treecreeper
Marton Mere LNR - Little egret, 2 shovelers, buzzard, kestrel, 2 oystercatchers, 2 lapwings, great spotted woodpecker (W), small copper butterfly
Friday 2nd June
New South Promenade - Little egret, thornback ray eggcase, several blennies, a few sand gobies, green shore crabs, brown shrimps, common prawns
Layton - Oystercatcher, swift
Heron's Reach golf course - Little grebe
Heron's Reach - 2 Toads, smooth newt, great crested newt
Staining Nook - 10 House martins
Marton Mere LNR - Bullfinch, 3 linnets, 5 Cetti's warblers, lesser whitethroat, skylark, great spotted woodpecker, 2 mistle thrushes, 3 kestrels, sparrowhawk, buzzard, 2 shovelers, 2 gadwalls
Solais Centre - Yesterday's solitary be was re-identified by an expert as Halictus rubicundus
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| Common broomrape at Holyoake Avenue |
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