Friday, 8 July 2016

Thursday 7th July

A little warmer 14 - 17C rain early on them sunny spells with a light south westerly wind

Robin's Lane - Song thrush, 3 frogs, several small skippers, large skipper, several meadow browns, many blue tailed damselflies, tall fescue grass, unidentified club-rush (a sedge), unidentified rush (a hybrid?)

Starr Gate - 2 Grey seals, 149 Manx shearwaters (N), 12 gannets (N), 126 common scoters, 2 whimbrels (S), 11 common terns.

Stanley Park - 2 Great crested grebes + 1 juv

Marton Mere LNR - 2 Kestrels + 4 juvs, 2 great crested grebes + 1 juv, 6 gadwall

Heron's Reach - Fox, Tufted duck + chicks
Song thrush

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.

Event - North Blackpool Pond Trail Kincraig Lake (FY2 0HN). Big Butterfly Count. Sunday 31st July 1pm - 2.30pm. Nets at the ready and we're off...Take part in this national survey to learn about and count our local butterflies.


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 26th – Friday 29th July - Leader Dave McGrath
12 – 1pm
Mirror Ball Blackpool South Shore
Saturday 30th July - Leader Dave McGrath
9am – 1pm
Mirror Ball Blackpool South Shore
Sunday 31st 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
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Thursday, 7 July 2016

Wednesday 6th July

Another cool day for early July 10 - 17C mostly sunny with a light south westerly wind

New South Promenade - Juvenile blenny, razor shells, bean razors, common otter shell, common cockles, prickly cockles, edible mussels, tower shell, rayed trough shells, striped venus, banded wedge shells, thin tellins, edible whelk + egg cases, necklace shell, common prawn, brown shrimp, several moon jellyfish, purple laver, sea lettuce, spiral wrack, bladderwrack, egg wrack, sea oak, gut weed

Solaris Centre - Pied wagtail, 3 small whites, early bumble bees, white tailed bumble bees, common darter nymph

Marton Mere LNR - 6 Gadwall, 2 oystercatchers, 2 kestrels, sparrowhawk

North Shore - 2 Kittiwakes, 3 gannets, 43 Sandwich terns
Pod razor shell by Dawn Brange
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.

Event - North Blackpool Pond Trail Kincraig Lake (FY2 0HN). Big Butterfly Count. Sunday 31st July 1pm - 2.30pm. Nets at the ready and we're off...Take part in this national survey to learn about and count our local butterflies.


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 26th – Friday 29th July - Leader Dave McGrath
12 – 1pm
Mirror Ball Blackpool South Shore
Saturday 30th July - Leader Dave McGrath
9am – 1pm
Mirror Ball Blackpool South Shore
Sunday 31st 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
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Wednesday, 6 July 2016

Tuesday 5th July

A cool July day 13 - 16C mostly sunny but with a cool brisk north westerly wind

Marton Mere LNR - 2 Common terns, peregrine, sparrowhawk, kestrel, buzzard, 2 great crested grebes + juvenile, 8sand martins, 750 starlings, comma butterfly, black tailed skimmer, broad bodied chaser dragonflies

New South Promenade - Manx shearwater, 2 gannets, little egret, collared dove

Solaris Centre - 2 Pied wagtails, small tortoiseshell butterfly, many cinnabar moth caterpillars

Devonshire Road Rock Gardens - Oystercatcher (heard over), 2 curlews (one heard one seen both W) blackcap, white letter hairstreak, comma, large white, several small skippers, some large skippers, speckled wood, several meadow brown butterflies, several field grasshoppers, many hoverflies of a large number of species,

Zoo - 3 Curlews (N)

Lawson's Field - Sparrowhawk (over)

Stanley Park - 25 Swifts

Watson Road - 2 Swifts (skimming trees along Watson Road)
Comma
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.

Event - North Blackpool Pond Trail Kincraig Lake (FY2 0HN). Big Butterfly Count. Sunday 31st July 1pm - 2.30pm. Nets at the ready and we're off...Take part in this national survey to learn about and count our local butterflies.


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 26th – Friday 29th July - Leader Dave McGrath
12 – 1pm
Mirror Ball Blackpool South Shore
Saturday 30th July - Leader Dave McGrath
9am – 1pm
Mirror Ball Blackpool South Shore
Sunday 31st 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
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Tuesday, 5 July 2016

Monday 4th July

An average July day 11 - 19C lengthy sunny spells with a ligh but increasing southerly wind

Heron's Reach - Chiffchaff (at nest), sparrowhawk (with prey), blackcap, common blue damselfly, brown hawker dragonfly, small skipper butterfly, 4 speckled wood butterflies, comma butterfly, scorpion fly

Staining Nook - 4 Whitethroats, blackcap, willow warbler, chiffchaff, sedge warbler, song thrush

Devonshire Road Rock Gardens - 2 White letter hairstreak butterflies

Marton Mere LNR - 2 Common terns (briefly), sparrowhawk, kestrel, 29 lapwings, 2 oystercatchers

Marton - Curlew (over)
White letter hairstreak at Devonshire Road Rock Gardens last year



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.

Event - North Blackpool Pond Trail Kincraig Lake Big Butterfly Count. Nets at the ready and we're off...Take part in this national survey to learn about and count our local butterflies.


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 26th – Friday 29th July - Leader Dave McGrath
12 – 1pm
Mirror Ball Blackpool South Shore
Saturday 30th July - Leader Dave McGrath
9am – 1pm
Mirror Ball Blackpool South Shore
Sunday 31st 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
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Monday, 4 July 2016

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 26th – Friday 29th July - Leader Dave McGrath
12 – 1pm
Mirror Ball Blackpool South Shore
Saturday 30th July - Leader Dave McGrath
9am – 1pm
Mirror Ball Blackpool South Shore
Sunday 31st 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
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Friday, 1 July 2016

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 26th – Friday 29th July - Leader Dave McGrath
12 – 1pm
Mirror Ball Blackpool South Shore
Saturday 30th July - Leader Dave McGrath
9am – 1pm
Mirror Ball Blackpool South Shore
Sunday 31st 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

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