Weekend 8th - 11th April

A mixed weekend with frost on Sunday morning -2 - 15C mostly sunny with a light south westerly wind veering easterly and becoming increasingly stronger

Sunday 10th April

Marton Mere LNR - 4 Goldeneyes, 2 great crested grebes, 2 buzzards, sparrowhawk, 2 willow warblers, 10 chiffchaffs, 25 sand martins, several small tortoiseshells, several peacocks, snakeshead fritillaries in flower

Starr Gate - Grey seal, Osprey (N), 15 whooper swans, 3250 knot, 30 linnets (N), 8 siskins (N)

Washington Avenue - Siskin, buzzard (over)

Saturday 9th April

Starr Gate - Grey seal, sandwich tern, 5 wigeon, eider, 3 red throated divers

South Shore - 2 Siskins (over), lesser redpoll (over)

Bond Street/Railway - Willow warbler

Marton Mere LNR - House martin, 5 Willow warblers, 5 swallows, 50 sand martins, 8 chiffchaffs, 2 great crested grebes, little grebe, 5 goldeneyes, 5 Cetti's warblers

Friday 8th April

New South Promenade - Heron

Starr Gate - Long tailed duck

North Blackpool Pond Trail Community Orchard - Chiffchaff

Town Centre - Grey Wagtail

Washington Avenue - 4 Buzzards (over), sparrowhawk (over)

Buzzard over Marton Mere LNR

PRACTICAL CONSERVATION DAY - Saturday 16th April 10am - 3pm. Give volunteering at Marton Mere Nature Reserve a try and get involved with a practical conservation task. To book call 01253 478167. Please wear suitable clothing.

Local wildlife photographer Barry Dean is holding an exhibition of his wildlife photos at the Solaris Centre during February and March

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

Marton Mere LNR has a Flickr group - please join
https://www.flickr.com/groups/2903819@N24/pool/

Volunteer Days at Marton Mere LNR are now every Tuesday and Thursday 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.

Thursday 8th April

A milder but still cool day 5 - 10C prolonged sunny spells with a brisk north westerly wind

New South Promenade - Arctic skua (S), 2 eiders (S)

Washington Avenue - Blackcap

North Blackpool Pond Trail Community Orchard - Chiffchaff

North Shore - 2 Red breasted mergansers (S)

Lawson's Wetland - Swallow

Staining Nook - Willow warbler, chiffchaff

Cherry Tree Road - 4 Sand martins (over)

Marton Mere LNR - 50 Sand martins, several swallows, 5 chiffchaffs, willow warbler, 6 Cetti's warblers, buzzard, skylark, tree sparrow, 2 curlews (over), 2 oystercatchers, 2 great crested grebes, 4 goldeneyes, coal tit

Female red breasted merganser

FAMILY WILDLIFE EVENT - Monday 11th April 10am  -12.00 Animal Adaptations at Kincraig Lake viewing area FY2 0HN. How do animals survive? We'll find out in this amazing activity.
Dress for the weather and wear suitable footwear, bring your camera and binoculars if you have them. This event is free but a donation to the Friends of North Blackpool Pond Trail would be appreciated.

PRACTICAL CONSERVATION DAY - Saturday 16th April 10am - 3pm. Give volunteering at Marton Mere Nature Reserve a try and get involved with a practical conservation task. To book call 01253 478167. Please wear suitable clothing.

Local wildlife photographer Barry Dean is holding an exhibition of his wildlife photos at the Solaris Centre during February and March

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

Marton Mere LNR has a Flickr group - please join
https://www.flickr.com/groups/2903819@N24/pool/

Volunteer Days at Marton Mere LNR are now every Tuesday and Thursday 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.

Wednesday 6th April

A cool early April day 6 - 9C sunny spells with isolated showers becoming more frequent later with an almost gale force westerly wind

Town Centre - Grey wagtail

Lawson's Wetland - 2 Cetti's warblers

Marton Mere LNR - 23 Sand martins, house martin, 4 swallows, 4 shelducks

North Shore - Arctic skua, 5 red throated divers, 7 red breasted mergansers, 15 gannets

Heron's Reach - 3 Chiffchaffs. 2 redwings (over)

New South Promenade - 15 Kittiwakes (N), 6 gannet (S)

Gannet by Alicia Hayden

FAMILY WILDLIFE EVENT - Monday 11th April 10am  -12.00 Animal Adaptations at Kincraig Lake viewing area FY2 0HN. How do animals survive? We'll find out in this amazing activity.
Dress for the weather and wear suitable footwear, bring your camera and binoculars if you have them. This event is free but a donation to the Friends of North Blackpool Pond Trail would be appreciated.

PRACTICAL CONSERVATION DAY - Saturday 16th April 10am - 3pm. Give volunteering at Marton Mere Nature Reserve a try and get involved with a practical conservation task. To book call 01253 478167. Please wear suitable clothing.

Local wildlife photographer Barry Dean is holding an exhibition of his wildlife photos at the Solaris Centre during February and March

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

Marton Mere LNR has a Flickr group - please join
https://www.flickr.com/groups/2903819@N24/pool/

Volunteer Days at Marton Mere LNR are now every Tuesday and Thursday 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.

Tuesday 5th April

A cooler day 7 - 10C mostly sunny with a strong, chilly westerly wind

Marton Mere LNR - Buzzards, Cetti's warblers, chiffchaffs, sparrowhawk, swallow, sand martin, small tortoiseshell butterfly, small white (1st record this year), peacock.

New South Promenade - Grey seal, hen harrier, peregrine, 54 red throated divers, 5 red breasted mergansers, Arctic skua, fulmar, Sandwich tern, 51 gannets, 78 kittiwakes, 9 eiders, great crested grebe

North Shore - Fulmar (Same as above)

Stanley Park - 4 treecreepers, coot with hatchlings

Sandwich tern, autumn 2015, by Barry Dean

FAMILY WILDLIFE EVENT - Monday 11th April 10am  -12.00 Animal Adaptations at Kincraig Lake viewing area FY2 0HN. How do animals survive? We'll find out in this amazing activity.
Dress for the weather and wear suitable footwear, bring your camera and binoculars if you have them. This event is free but a donation to the Friends of North Blackpool Pond Trail would be appreciated.

PRACTICAL CONSERVATION DAY - Saturday 16th April 10am - 3pm. Give volunteering at Marton Mere Nature Reserve a try and get involved with a practical conservation task. To book call 01253 478167. Please wear suitable clothing.

Local wildlife photographer Barry Dean is holding an exhibition of his wildlife photos at the Solaris Centre during February and March

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

Marton Mere LNR has a Flickr group - please join
https://www.flickr.com/groups/2903819@N24/pool/

Volunteer Days at Marton Mere LNR are now every Tuesday and Thursday 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.  

Monday 4th April

A mild early April day 8 - 10C sunny then rain later with a light to moderate south easterly  breeze

Marton Mere LNR - Osprey (N), 50 sand martins, 4 swallows, 6 chiffchaffs, 2 little grebes, 2 great crested grebes, 5 goldeneyes, 11 stock doves

Gynn Gardens - 3 Chiffchaffs, goldcrest

Lawson's Wetland - 2 Cetti's warblers

New South Promenade - Grey seal, Red throated diver, great crested grebe, 4 eiders

Town Centre - 2 Grey wagtails

North Shore - 6 Red throated divers, 900 common scoters, 2 Sandwich terns, 7 shelducks, 4 gannets

Stanley Park - 8 Chiffchaffs, 2 treecreepers, nuthatch, great spotted woodpecker, great crested grebe

Starr Gate - 2 Harbour porpoises, grey seal, black guillemot, 850 common scoters, goosander (S), 4 red breasted mergansers (S), 4 Sandwich terns, 11 red throated divers, 2 eiders


Great spotted woodpecker, caught and ringed at Marton Mere LNR in 2013

FAMILY WILDLIFE EVENT - Monday 11th April 10am  -12.00 Animal Adaptations at Kincraig Lake viewing area FY2 0HN. How do animals survive? We'll find out in this amazing activity.
Dress for the weather and wear suitable footwear, bring your camera and binoculars if you have them. This event is free but a donation to the Friends of North Blackpool Pond Trail would be appreciated.

PRACTICAL CONSERVATION DAY - Saturday 16th April 10am - 3pm. Give volunteering at Marton Mere Nature Reserve a try and get involved with a practical conservation task. To book call 01253 478167. Please wear suitable clothing.

Local wildlife photographer Barry Dean is holding an exhibition of his wildlife photos at the Solaris Centre during February and March

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

Marton Mere LNR has a Flickr group - please join
https://www.flickr.com/groups/2903819@N24/pool/

Volunteer Days at Marton Mere LNR are now every Tuesday and Thursday 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.  

Weekend 1st - 3rd April

A mixed weekend 4 - 13C heavy rain and sunny spells with a gentle to moderate south easterly breeze

Sunday 3rd April

Lawson's Wetland - Cetti's warbler

Heron's Reach - 10 Chiffchaffs, willow warbler, great spotted woodpecker,

Marton Mere LNR - 12 Chiffchaffs, blackcap, 10 Cetti's warblers, swallow, 120 sand martins, 11 gadwall, 2 sparrowhawks, peregrine, 2 shelducks, 5 goldenryes, 9 stock doves, water rail, little grebe, 2 great crested grebes, several small tortoiseshell butterflies, 2 peacocks, several snakeshead fritillaries in flower

Stanley Park - Willow warbler, blackcap, goldcrest

Preston New Road - 2 Siskins

Gynn Gardens - Chiffchaff, goldcrest

North Shore - Wheatear

Starr Gate - Grey seal, great northern diver, 2500 common scoters, 4 red throated divers, 2 red breasted mergansers, 2 eiders, Sandwich tern

Pleasure Beach - Peregrine

Saturday 2nd April

North Blackpool Pond Trail Kincraig Lake - 7 Tufted ducks, teal, great crested grebe

Marton Mere LNR - Swallow, 35 sand martins, 11 stock doves, little grebe, 5 goldeneyes

Friday 1st April

Metropole Hotel - Goldcrest

North Shore - 3 Red breasted Mergansers, 2 shelducks, 3 eiders, 2 goldcrests

Marton Mere LNR - Swallow, 9 sand martins, chiffchaff, 2 great crested grebes, 2 shelducks, 15 gadwall, 4 oystercatchers, water rail


Peacock

WILDLIFE EVENT - Tuesday 5th April 1pm - 3pm Wildlife recording walk at Marton Mere meet at Lawson's Road gate opposite Lancaster Road. Come along to learn what species we have and how to identify them - from birds to butterflies, orchids to dragonflies. Dress for the weather and wear suitable footwear, bring your camera and binoculars if you have them. This event is free but a donation to the Friends of Marton Mere would be appreciated.

FAMILY WILDLIFE EVENT - Monday 11th April 10am  -12.00 Animal Adaptations at Kincraig Lake viewing area FY2 0HN. How do animals survive? We'll find out in this amazing activity.
Dress for the weather and wear suitable footwear, bring your camera and binoculars if you have them. This event is free but a donation to the Friends of North Blackpool Pond Trail would be appreciated.

PRACTICAL CONSERVATION DAY - Saturday 16th April 10am - 3pm. Give volunteering at Marton Mere Nature Reserve a try and get involved with a practical conservation task. To book call 01253 478167. Please wear suitable clothing.

Local wildlife photographer Barry Dean is holding an exhibition of his wildlife photos at the Solaris Centre during February and March

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

Marton Mere LNR has a Flickr group - please join
https://www.flickr.com/groups/2903819@N24/pool/

Volunteer Days at Marton Mere LNR are now every Tuesday and Thursday 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.  

Thursday 31st March

Another mild day 1 - 10C sunny with a very light wind

Marton Mere LNR - 2 Curlews (N), 16 sand martins (N),  sparrowhawk, 10 stock doves, 4 linnets, 12 gadwall, 11 Cetti's warblers, 2 great crested grebes, little grebes, 20 reed buntings, siskin (over),

North Blackpool Pond Trail Kincraig Lake - 2 Chiffchaffs, great crested grebe

St Georges High School - 2 Swallows (over)

Starr Gate - 2 Ringed plovers, swallow (N), 2 sand martins (N), red throated diver, 10 unidentified auk species, 13 eiders, 4 shelducks

Staining Nook - Cetti's warbler, chiffchaff, song thrush

North Shore - 13 Whooper swans, 30 eiders, sand martin (N),

Solaris Centre - 2 Small tortoiseshell butterflies (1st of year here)

Small tortoiseshell

WILDLIFE EVENT - Tuesday 5th April 1pm - 3pm Wildlife recording walk at Marton Mere meet at Lawson's Road gate opposite Lancaster Road. Come along to learn what species we have and how to identify them - from birds to butterflies, orchids to dragonflies. Dress for the weather and wear suitable footwear, bring your camera and binoculars if you have them. This event is free but a donation to the Friends of Marton Mere would be appreciated.

FAMILY WILDLIFE EVENT - Monday 11th April 10am  -12.00 Animal Adaptations at Kincraig Lake viewing area FY2 0HN. How do animals survive? We'll find out in this amazing activity.
Dress for the weather and wear suitable footwear, bring your camera and binoculars if you have them. This event is free but a donation to the Friends of North Blackpool Pond Trail would be appreciated.

PRACTICAL CONSERVATION DAY - Saturday 16th April 10am - 3pm. Give volunteering at Marton Mere Nature Reserve a try and get involved with a practical conservation task. To book call 01253 478167. Please wear suitable clothing.

Local wildlife photographer Barry Dean is holding an exhibition of his wildlife photos at the Solaris Centre during February and March

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

Marton Mere LNR has a Flickr group - please join
https://www.flickr.com/groups/2903819@N24/pool/

Volunteer Days at Marton Mere LNR are now every Tuesday and Thursday 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.