Weekend round-up 1st - 2nd November

Very mild for the beginning of November 9 - 15C Sunny spells with a blustery S veering SW wind

Sunday 2nd November

Marton Mere LNR - 20000 Starlings roosted (number is a 'best guess'), 5 water rails, 2 stonechats, 3 sparrowhawks, peregrine, merlin, goldcrest, 2 whooper swansd (S), 25 redwings, 25 linnets

Lawson's wetland - 2 stonechats

Heron''s Reach - 2 Goldcrests

Stanley Park - 4 Great crested grebes, 36 gadwall, 35 shovelers

Saturday 1st November

Blackpool 6th form College - Kestrel

Warbreck Hill - Goldcrest

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Friday 31st October

Very warm for late October 14 - 18C sunny spells with brisk SSE wind

Heron''s Reach - 70 Fieldfares (SE), several chaffinches (over), 3 goldcrests, 5 skylarks (over), Woodcock

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Thursday 30th October

A very warm late October day 9 - 17C sunny spells, light southerly wind

Heron's Reach - 8 Whooper swans, 6 fieldfares

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Wednesday 29th October

A cold start to the day 1 - 11C sunny spells 10mph SE wind

Marton Mere LNR - 2 Jays (1 on ground + 1 S),  2 wigeon, buzzard, 2 water rails, 8 redwings 

Stanley Park - 35 Gadwall, 4 pochards 

Heron's Reach - many Blackbirds (probably a fall of migrants) 6 redwings, 800 pink footed geese (S) 32 whooper swans (flocks of 20 & 12)

Zoo - Goldcrest

PLEASE STAY ON THE PATHS AT MARTON MERE NATURE RESERVE - DO NOT ENTER THE SCRUB AREAS - THANK YOU

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Teal from the Fylde Bird Club hide



Tuesday 28th October

A warm late October day 9 - 16C, overcast with southerly winds, heavy rain in the afternoon

Raikes Parade - Chaffinch (perhaps unusual here, possibly a grounded migrant dropped by the rain) 

Starr Gate - 2 Little gulls

Lawson's wetland - Water rail

Marton Mere LNR - 75 Redwings, 8 gadwall, 4 Cett's warblers, no sign of long eared owl but people seen in scrub picking apples may well have flushed it - STAY ON THE PATHS PLEASE

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Monday 27th October

Mild for October especially at night 13 - 16C, overcast with a blustery SSW wind

De Vere hotel entrance pond - Cetti's warbler.

Anchorsholme Park - Sparrowhawk, grey wagtail

New South Promenade - 5 Little gulls (S), kestrel (N)

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25th - 26th October weekend round-up

Generally mild by October's standards, 10 - 16C, mostly overcast with blustery SW wind

Sunday 26th October

Marton Mere LNR - Jay (S), stonechat (embankment), goldcrest, chiffchaff, 2 Cetti's warblers, 51 shovelers, water rail, pochard, speckled wood butterfly.

Stanley Park - 1 im  + 3 adult Great crested grebes, 34 gadwall (thought to be the record count here), 45 shovelers, 51 tufted ducks, 2 pochards.

Saturday 25th October

Marton Mere LNR - Stonechat (will this bird winter here?), 2 grey wagtails, 3 goldcrests, 4 water rails, 220 coot, 56 teal, 53 shovelers, little grebe, 6000 starlings (roosted), 22 redwings, 3 snipe (over)

You can email your Blackpool wildlife sightings and autumnal wildlife photographs to sammyandsally @ blackpool.gov.uk (without the spaces)
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