Sunday 27th August
North Shore cliffs - 3 Wheatears
Town Centre - 2 Peregrines
Marton Mere LNR - 14 Teal, 9 gadwall, buzzard, sparrowhawk, great spotted woodpecker, grey wagtail, Cetti's warbler
Norbreck - 4 Harbour porpoises, 2 razorbills
Devonshire Road rock Gardens - adult + 2 juvenile Moorhens, coal tit, 8 parasol mushrooms
Starr Gate - 3 Bottlenose dolphins, 16 gannets, curlew (S), 5 golden plovers (S)
Saturday 26th August
Starr Gate - 860 Common scoters (S), 52 gannets (S), whimbrel (S), 118 Sandwich terns (S), razorbill
North Blackpool Pond Trail Kincraig Lake - Soprano pipistrelle, pipistrelle, Daubenton's bats, old lady, large yellow underwing, lesser yellow underwing, lesser broad bordered yellow underwing, flame shoulder, straw dot moths, 6 teal, spaqrrowhawk, great spotted woodpecker, adult & juv great crested grebe
North Blackpool Pond Trail - Kestrel
Heron's Reach golf course - Water rail, little grebe, great spotted woodpecker (NE)
Marton Mere LNR - Hedgehog, 14 shovelers, 11 gadwal, snipe, sparrowhawk, kestrel, 6 stock doves, great spotted woodpecker, 17 tree sparrows, 4 Cetti's warblers
Lawson's field - Cetti's warbler
Friday 25th August
Town Centre - 2 Peregrines
Zoo - Great spotted woodpecker (E)
Marton Mere LNR - 11 Teal, buzzard, 7 stock doves
Starr Gate - 128 Sandwich terns (S), 2 grey wagtails (S)
Stanley Park - 20 Long tailed tits, great spotted woodpecker
Thursday 24th August
Starr Gate - Little tern (S), 312 Sandwich terns (S), razorbill (S), 4 shelducks (S)
Stanley Park - Ring necked parakeet, nuthatch
Marton Mere LNR - Redshank (over), 15 gadwall, 17 teal, sparrowhawk, kestrel, Cetti's warbler
Wednesday 23rd August
Town Centre - Peregrine
Starr Gate - 2 Arctic skuas (S), great skua (S), 115 Sandwich terns (S),
Marton Mere LNR - Cetti's warbler, great spotted woodpecker, sparrowhawk, kestrel
Tuesday 22nd August
Town Centre - 3 Peregrines
Marton Mere LNR - Bittern, ad + 2 juv little grebes, sparrowhawk, lesser whitethroat
Lawson's field - 50 Swallows
Marton Tesco - 150 Pied wagtails (pre-roost)
Marton Glasdons - 350 Swallows (pre-roost)
Monday 21st August
Lawson's field - Great spotted woodpecker (NE)
Marton Mere LNR - 9 Gadwall, buzzard, sparrowhawk, 120 coots, Cetti's warbler
Stanley Park - Peregrine (W)
Mossom Nature Field - Sparrowhawk (W), willow warbler
North Blackpool Pond Trail Kincraig Lake - 2 adult & 2 juvenile Great crested grebes, 65 mallards
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| Parasol mushrooms at Devonshire Road Rock Gardens |
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