Thursday 19th - Sunday 23rd July

About average temperatures for mid-July 11 - 20C

Sunday 23rd July

Marton Mere LNR - Bittern, buzzard, kestrel, great spotted woodpecker

Town Centre - 2 Peregrines

Starr Gate - 5 Grey seals, Pomarine skua (N), Arctic skua (S), roseate tern (S), 148 Sandwich terns, 3 great crested grebes

Devonshire Road Rock Gardens - Sparrowhawk, moorhen, whitethroat

Saturday 22nd July

Stanley Park - 13 Swifts, nuthatch, grey wagtail, goldcrest

Marton Mere LNR - 3 Wigeon, peregrine (SE), buzzard, kestrel, 2 Cetti's warblers, fungus gnat Sciara hemerioides (probably first record for the Fylde)

Starr Gate - 6 Grey seals,15 eiders, 1400 common scoters, red throated diver (S), 6 Manx shearwaters, 11 gannets, 2 golden plovers, 2 black tailed godwits, bar tailed godwit, 9 whimbrels, 7 curlews, 66 Sandwich terns, guillemot

Friday 20th July

Town Centre - 3 Peregrines

Starr Gate - 620 Common scoters, 30 Manx shearwaters, 12 gannets, 4 golden plovers, 6 whimbrels, 3 kittiwakes, 34 Sandwich terns, 14 common terns, Arctic tern

Stanley Park - 3 Great crested grebes

Marton Mere LNR - Bittern

Mossom Nature Field - Sneezewort

Great pied hoverfly

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

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

North Blackpool Pond Trail - Big Butterfly Count - Saturday 29th July 1pm - 3pm meet at the Kincraig Lake bird viewing area - FREE 

Marton Mere LNR - Moth & Bat night - Saturday 5th August 8.30pm - 11.30pm meet at the old cabin at the west end of the nature reserve - FREE

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

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

North Blackpool Pond Trail - Big Butterfly Count - Saturday 29th July 1pm - 3pm meet at the Kincraig Lake bird viewing area - FREE 

Marton Mere LNR - Moth & Bat night - Saturday 5th August 8.30pm - 11.30pm meet at the old cabin at the west end of the nature reserve - FREE

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   

Wednesday 19th October

A mild day for mid October 10 - 13C mostly sunny with a light north westerly wind

New South Promenade - 755 Common scoters, 500 oystercatchers, 300 sanderlings, 50 dunlins, 28 eiders, 4 red throated divers

Marton Mere LNR - 9 Whooper swans, stonechat, 7 redwings, 8 gadwall, kestrel, 2 blackcaps, chiffchaff, goldcrest, coal tit

Marton - Sparrowhawk

Solaris Centre - several Drone flies (Eristalis tenax) - a species of hoverfly

Recently - Stanley Park - 2 Nuthatches

No news for Tuesday 18th October

Drone fly at the Solaris Centre

EVENT - North Blackpool Pond Trail - Tuesday 1st Nov 10am - 12 noon - Autumn Explorer - Children's Activity. Your chance to find out about hibernation and how you can help wildlife during the winter. Free but donation to the Friends of the North Blackpool Pond Trail appreciated. Meet at the Community Orchard, Runcorn Avenue FY2 0PS
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

Wednesday 22nd April

A warm day 3 - 15C sunny virtually no wind

Marton Mere LNR - 2 Little ringed plovers, 5 common sandpipers, 3 grasshopper warblers, little grebe, 6 whitethroats, several sedge warblers, buzzard, 2 linnets, water rail, 14 pink footed geese (N)

Marton - Blackcap

New South Promenade - Grey seal, 3 yellow wagtails (N), 3 red throated divers, whimbrel (N)

Town Centre - Grey wagtail

North Shore - 6 Sandwich terns, 3 eiders

Gynn Gardens - 4 Willow warblers

Stanley Park - Pied flycatcher, 2 treecreepers

Staining Nook - Buzzard

Hoverfly approaching dandelion - Solaris Centre

Please send your Blackpool wildlife news and any photos to sammyandsally @ blackpool.gov.uk (without the spaces)

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

Volunteer Days at Marton Mere LNR are now every Tuesday 10am - 3pm - All welcome. Wear suitable footwear and bring your lunch.
There may also be some volunteering opportunities suitable for school/works/community groups etc. Contact Annie on 07469 038520 or annie.heslop @ blackpool.gov.uk (without the spaces) for full details of projects, dates and times.

Blackpool Conservation Team are also on Twitter @BlackpoolCT for you to follow and join in their excellent work