1st July - 6th July

Apologies for the break in service

Thursday 6th July

Devonshire Road Rock Gardens - 3 White letter hairstreaks, 10 meadow browns, small  skipper, small tortoiseshell butterflies, ruby tiger moth caterpillar, whitethroat, blackcap

North Pier - 7 Barrel jellyfish

New South Promenade - 6 Bottlenose dolphins, Risso's dolphin (first sighting from the promenade for a long time), 3 harbour porpoises, grey seal, 4 swifts, 4 eiders (S), 21 Manx shearwaters (N), 18 gannets (N), 8 whimbrels (S), 9 curlews (S), 49 Sandwich terns, 12 common terns, 2 guillemots

Marton Mere LNR - Common tern, 2 teal, 5 linnets, kestrel, 2 commas, small skipper butterflies

Stanley Park - juvenile Grey wagtail

Wednesday 5th July

Town Centre - 2 Grey wagtails

Lawson's field Grasshopper warbler

Marton Mere LNR - Redshank, 3 lapwings, 3 Cetti's warblers, 2 buzzards

Stanley Park - 17 Swifts, 2 juvenile grey wagtails, nuthatch, goldcrest

New South Promenade - 4 Grey seals, 670 common scoters (S), 12 gannets, kestrel (S), whimbrel (S)

Tuesday 4th July

Marton Mere LNR - Bittern, herring gull (with asymmetrical wing patterns), 3 sand martins, 2 common terns

Starr Gate - 282 Common scoters, 4 whimbrels (S), 8 gannets, common sandpiper (S), 20 redshanks (S)

Stanley Park - Little egret (SW)

Salisbury Woodland Gardens - Nuthatch

Monday 3rd July

Marton Mere LNR - Common tern, common sandpiper, 15 lapwings, sparrowhawk

Stanley Park - Grey wagtail

Sunday 2nd July

Starr Gate - 500 Common scoters, 5 Manx shearwaters, 9 gannets, whimbrel (S), 10 kittiwakes (S), 14 shelducks, 45 common terns, 2 guillemots (N)

Marton Mere LNR -2 Redshanks, 2 curlews (SW), common tern, lesser whitethroat

Saturday 1st July

Stadium Avenue - 2 Hedgehogs

North Blackpool Pond Trail Kincraig Lake - Great crested grebe, 58 mallards, pied wagtail, house martin

Stanley Park - Grey wagtail, 4 gadwall

Staining Nook - Peregrine (over)

Marton Mere LNR - Common tern, great spotted woodpecker

Bottlenose dolphin photographed off the mirror ball at the end of June

Please send your Blackpool wildlife photos to solaris.centre@blackpool.gov.uk

EVENTS - National Whale and Dolphin Watch 29 July - 6th August See here for local details

Marton Mere Moth & Bat night Saturday 5th August 8.30pm - 11.30pm

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