Weekend 1st - 3rd July

A cooler than average start to the month 11 - 17C increasing sunny spells and a decreasing westerly wind

Sunday 3rd July

Marton Mere LNR - Roe deer (in the Extension), barn owl

Blackpool South Station - Whitethroat

Watson Road Park - 6 Swifts (over)

North Blackpool Pond Trail Kincraig Lake - Chiffchaff

Saturday 2nd July

Starr Gate - Arctic skua, fulmar, 237 Manx shearwaters, 137 common scoters, shelduck, 24 common terns, 12 Sandwich terns

Marton Mere LNR - Curlew (W)

Friday 1st July

New South Promenade - Grey seal

North Blackpool Pond Trail Kincraig Lake - Chiffchaff

Starr Gate - 206 Manx shearwaters, 137 common scoters, 31 gannets, Arctic tern, 20 common terns

Marton Mere LNR - Fox, kestrel, 2 oystercatchers, tree sparrow, great crested grebe + juvenile


Fox cub by former Blackpool resident Raf Lopato

Event - Marton Mere Local Nature Reserve Summer Festival of Wildlife
Saturday 9th July 10am - 4pm at the Reserve's Visitor Centre on Marton Mere Caravan Park  FY4 4XN next to the Spar shop.


The dates for next month's National Whale and Dolphin Watch events in Blackpool are listed below

Saturday 23rd July - Leader Stephen Dunstan

 

10am - 2pm

 

Mirror Ball South Shore

 

Sunday 24th July - Leader Stephen Dunstan

 

12 - 4pm

 

Mirror Ball South Shore

 

Monday 25th July - Leader Stephen Dunstan

 

11.30am - 12.30pm

 

Stepped Promenade just north of North Pier

 

Tuesday 26^th – Friday 29^th July - Leader Dave McGrath

12 – 1pm

Mirror Ball Blackpool South Shore

Saturday 30^th July - Leader Dave McGrath

9am – 1pm

Mirror Ball Blackpool South Shore

Sunday 31^st July - Leader Dave McGrath

10am – 2pm

Gynn Square Blackpool North Shore

Contact: David McGrath 01253 478023 (8am – 3.30pm) weekdays; mobile 07539779532; emaildavid.mcgrath@blackpool.gov.uk

Please bring binoculars if you have them, some may be available for use on the day, telescopes will also be available. Dress for the weather, sunscreen and hat or winter woollies.

There is ample on-street free parking close to both locations and a small free carpark at the Solaris Centre (FY4 1RW) opposite the Mirror Ball. Pay & Display parking is also available on the Promenade at the Mirror Ball and at Gynn Square (FY1 2JR)

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

Thursday 30th June

About average for the end of June 12 - 17C sunny spells with a brisk south westerly wind

Wednesday 29th June

No news

Thursday 30 June

Heron's Reach - Reed warbler, little grebe, 30 swifts

Lawson's Field  - 2 Roe deer, curlew (SE),

North Blackpool Pond Trail Kincraig Lake - Reed warbler, song thrush, blackcap, sparrowhawk, 2 great crested grebes (one on nest), heron, 55 mallards, 10 house martins, annual wall rocket (a notable Lancashire plant), brown sedge (a notable Lancashire plant), northern yellow-cress (a notable Lancashire plant), greater spearwort (a notable Lancashire plant), speckled wood butterflies, meadow brown butterfly, large skipper butterflies, 2 mother of pearl moths, many straw dot moths

Harrowside - Oystercatchers nesting on flat roof

Blackpool & Fylde College Bispham - Emperor dragonfly (egg laying)

Dead harbour porpoise - taken to London for a post mortem

The dates for next month's National Whale and Dolphin Watch events in Blackpool are listed below

Saturday 23rd July - Leader Stephen Dunstan

 

10am - 2pm

 

Mirror Ball South Shore

 

Sunday 24th July - Leader Stephen Dunstan

 

12 - 4pm

 

Mirror Ball South Shore

 

Monday 25th July - Leader Stephen Dunstan

 

11.30am - 12.30pm

 

Stepped Promenade just north of North Pier

 

Tuesday 26^th – Friday 29^th July - Leader Dave McGrath

12 – 1pm

Mirror Ball Blackpool South Shore

Saturday 30^th July - Leader Dave McGrath

9am – 1pm

Mirror Ball Blackpool South Shore

Sunday 31^st July - Leader Dave McGrath

10am – 2pm

Gynn Square Blackpool North Shore

Contact: David McGrath 01253 478023 (8am – 3.30pm) weekdays; mobile 07539779532; emaildavid.mcgrath@blackpool.gov.uk

Please bring binoculars if you have them, some may be available for use on the day, telescopes will also be available. Dress for the weather, sunscreen and hat or winter woollies.

There is ample on-street free parking close to both locations and a small free carpark at the Solaris Centre (FY4 1RW) opposite the Mirror Ball. Pay & Display parking is also available on the Promenade at the Mirror Ball and at Gynn Square (FY1 2JR)

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

Tuesday 28th June

Another cool day 11 - 15C sunny spells at first then heavy rain from lunchtime with a light southerly wind

Lawson's Field - Roe deer, fox

Marton  - 7 Swifts (over)

New South Promenade - Little Egret (fishing in pools by seawall)

Starr Gate - Harbour porpoise (dead on beach near low water mark)

Little Egret

Please email your sightings and wildlife photos to solaris.centre @ blackpool.gov.uk - without the spaces

The dates for next month's National Whale and Dolphin Watch events in Blackpool are listed below

Saturday 23rd July - Leader Stephen Dunstan

 

10am - 2pm

 

Mirror Ball South Shore

 

Sunday 24th July - Leader Stephen Dunstan

 

12 - 4pm

 

Mirror Ball South Shore

 

Monday 25th July - Leader Stephen Dunstan

 

11.30am - 12.30pm

 

Stepped Promenade just north of North Pier

 

Tuesday 26^th – Friday 29^th July - Leader Dave McGrath

12 – 1pm

Mirror Ball Blackpool South Shore

Saturday 30^th July - Leader Dave McGrath

9am – 1pm

Mirror Ball Blackpool South Shore

Sunday 31^st July - Leader Dave McGrath

10am – 2pm

Gynn Square Blackpool North Shore

Contact: David McGrath 01253 478023 (8am – 3.30pm) weekdays; mobile 07539779532; emaildavid.mcgrath@blackpool.gov.uk

Please bring binoculars if you have them, some may be available for use on the day, telescopes will also be available. Dress for the weather, sunscreen and hat or winter woollies.

There is ample on-street free parking close to both locations and a small free carpark at the Solaris Centre (FY4 1RW) opposite the Mirror Ball. Pay & Display parking is also available on the Promenade at the Mirror Ball and at Gynn Square (FY1 2JR)

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

Monday 27th June

A slightly cooler than average day for late June 13 - 16C mostly cloudy with sunnier spells later and a brisk westerly wind

Solaris Centre - Woodpigeon (very scarce here this was 1st record for the year)

Warbreck Hill - Great Tit (nest is now thought to be a very late brood rather than a rare second brood)

Woodpigeon

The dates for next month's National Whale and Dolphin Watch events in Blackpool are listed below

Saturday 23rd July - Leader Stephen Dunstan

 

10am - 2pm

 

Mirror Ball South Shore

 

Sunday 24th July - Leader Stephen Dunstan

 

12 - 4pm

 

Mirror Ball South Shore

 

Monday 25th July - Leader Stephen Dunstan

 

11.30am - 12.30pm

 

Stepped Promenade just north of North Pier

 

Tuesday 26^th – Friday 29^th July - Leader Dave McGrath

12 – 1pm

Mirror Ball Blackpool South Shore

Saturday 30^th July - Leader Dave McGrath

9am – 1pm

Mirror Ball Blackpool South Shore

Sunday 31^st July - Leader Dave McGrath

10am – 2pm

Gynn Square Blackpool North Shore

Contact: David McGrath 01253 478023 (8am – 3.30pm) weekdays; mobile 07539779532; emaildavid.mcgrath@blackpool.gov.uk

Please bring binoculars if you have them, some may be available for use on the day, telescopes will also be available. Dress for the weather, sunscreen and hat or winter woollies.

There is ample on-street free parking close to both locations and a small free carpark at the Solaris Centre (FY4 1RW) opposite the Mirror Ball. Pay & Display parking is also available on the Promenade at the Mirror Ball and at Gynn Square (FY1 2JR)

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

Weekend 25/26th June

Abut average temperatures for late June 12- 17C sunny at  first becoming cloudier and windier with prolonged rain on Sunday afternoon. Moderate westerly wind.

Sunday 26th June

Warbreck Hill - Heron (S), great tit (feeding young in nest box - a very late brood or a second brood? which would be unusual)

Saturday 25th June

Heron's Reach - 2 Roe deer, emerald damselflies

Devonshire Road Rock Gardens - Sparrowhawk, oystercatcher (over), great spotted woodpecker, blackcap, 2 chiffchaffs, 3 frogs, 4 large skippers, 3 meadow browns, 2 speckled woods, dead mans fingers fungus

Ashfield Road - Meadow brown, nursery web spider, many blue tailed damselflies, several azure damselflies

Marton Mere LNR - Lesser whitethroat, 4 Cetti's warblers, great crested grebe (with juvenile)

The dates for next month's National Whale and Dolphin Watch events in Blackpool are listed below

Tuesday 26^th – Friday 29^th July

12 – 1pm

Mirror Ball Blackpool South Shore

Saturday 30^th July

9am – 1pm

Mirror Ball Blackpool South Shore

Sunday 31^st July

10am – 2pm

Gynn Square Blackpool North Shore

Contact: David McGrath 01253 478023 (8am – 3.30pm) weekdays; mobile 07539779532; emaildavid.mcgrath@blackpool.gov.uk

Please bring binoculars if you have them, some may be available for use on the day, telescopes will also be available. Dress for the weather, sunscreen and hat or winter woollies.

There is ample on-street free parking close to both locations and a small free carpark at the Solaris Centre (FY4 1RW) opposite the Mirror Ball. Pay & Display parking is also available on the Promenade at the Mirror Ball and at Gynn Square (FY1 2JR)

 

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 Merehttps://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 

Friday 24th June

A cool day for late June 14 - 16C mostly cloudy with a moderate south westerly wind

New South Promenade - 10 Gannets (Plunge diving)

Cinnabar moth caterpillars for National Insect Week

The dates for next month's National Whale and Dolphin Watch events in Blackpool are listed below

Tuesday 26^th – Friday 29^th July

12 – 1pm

Mirror Ball Blackpool South Shore

Saturday 30^th July

9am – 1pm

Mirror Ball Blackpool South Shore

Sunday 31^st July

10am – 2pm

Gynn Square Blackpool North Shore

Contact: David McGrath 01253 478023 (8am – 3.30pm) weekdays; mobile 07539779532; email david.mcgrath@blackpool.gov.uk

Please bring binoculars if you have them, some may be available for use on the day, telescopes will also be available. Dress for the weather, sunscreen and hat or winter woollies.

There is ample on-street free parking close to both locations and a small free carpark at the Solaris Centre (FY4 1RW) opposite the Mirror Ball. Pay & Display parking is also available on the Promenade at the Mirror Ball and at Gynn Square (FY1 2JR)

 

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 

Thursday 23rd June

Sunny warm, 18C with a 10mph north westerly

Recent wildlife highlights

Today 23rd June

New South Promenade - Grey Seal, 12 Gannets (plunge diving), small tortoiseshell butterfly

Recently

Undisclosed site - Grass snake

Heron's Reach - Roe deer, Bee orchids, 45 hybrid marsh orchids, common spotted orchid

North Promenade - at least 5 Bottlenose dolphins, grey seal

Warbreck Water Tower - Peregrine

New South Promenade - Puffin (very scarce off the Fylde coast)

Washington Avenue - Wool carder bee

Reads Avenue - Wool carder bee

Warbreck Hill - Sand dart moth (very scarce away from sand dunes), Millar moth (new for garden)

Peregrine falcon

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