Wednesday 29th April

Another cooler than average late April day 4 - 11C early rain then sunny spells with a brisk WSW wind

New South Promenade - 7 Gannets (S)

Marton Mere LNR - Little ringed plover, wigeon, 2 stock doves (on island - very unusual), lesser whitethroat, 4 swifts

Town Centre - Peregrine

Stanley Park - Treecreeper, several willow warblers, several blackcaps

Female house sparrow at the 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

Tuesday 28th April

A cool late April day 4 - 10C mostly sunny with a strong westerly wind

Marton Mere LNR - Little egret

Stanley Park - Common snadpiper

Warbreck Hill - Peregrine (N)

New South Promenade - 3 Gannets


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

Monday 27th April

A cool April day with a frosty start -2 - 10C sunny spells, heavy showers later with an increasing westerly wind

Stanley Park - 2 Ospreys (over), 5 blackcaps, nuthatch, treecreeper, sparrowhawk, great spotted woodpecker, 6 willow warblers, 4 chiffchaffs, 2 coal tits

Marton Mere LNR - 2 Buzzards, common sandpiper, several speckled woods

North Shore - 5 Gannets (N), 4 red breasted mergansers (S)

New South Promenade - 2 Gannets (N)

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

Thursday 23rd to Sunday 26th April

Average temperatures for the end of April 3 - 14C, mostly sunny with a little rain, variable winds from very light to cold blustery north westerlies

Sunday 26th April

Stanley Park - 2 Common sandpipers, 4 sparrowhawks

North Balckpool Pond Trail Kincraig Lake - Great spotted woodpecker

North Blackpool Pond Trail Holyoake Avenue reed bed - Lesser whitethroat

Lawson's Wetland - Grasshopper warbler, snipe, Cetti's warbler

Staining Nook - Grasshopper warbler

Marton Mere LNR - Lesser whitethroat, 3 whitethroats, 8 reed warblers, 3 sedge warblers, 5 Cetti's warblers, common sandpiper, 3 great crested grebes, little grebe, buzzard, 2 kestrels, sparrowhawk, 30 sand martins

Warbreck Hill - Speckled wood butterfly

Whitegate Drive - Rook (very rare here)

Starr Gate - 2 Eiders

Saturday 25th April

Talbot Road/Mecca - 20 House sparrows

North Blackpool Pond Trail horse paddock - 2 Wheatears

Blackpool 6th form college - Kestrel

Stanley Park - 2 Swifts, wheatear (cricket field)

Marton Mere LNR - Curlew (N)

Heron's Reach golf course - 4 Wheatears

Friday 24th April

Staining Nook -  Sparrowhawk

Marton Mere LNR - 7 Whimbrel (W)

Revoe Park - Sparrowhawk

Stanley Park - 5 Blackcaps, 4 house martins, 2 sand martins, 30 swallows

De Vere Hotel entrance pool - Reed warbler

Blackpool 6th form college - Willow warbler, chiffchaff

Thursday 23rd April

Stanley Park - Pied flycatcher, wood warbler, redstart, 10 willow warblers, sparrowhawk, 2 mistle thrushes

Lawson's Wetland - 2 Grasshopper warblers, 2 Cetti's warblers, whinchat, 2 sedge warblers, 3 whitethroats

Salisbury Woodland - 2 Great spotted woodpeckers,

De Vere Hotel entrance pool - Reed warbler

Solaris Centre - Tree bee, unknown species of solitary bee.

North Blackpool Pond Trail community orchard - 6 Blackcaps, 8 chiffchaffs, 3 sparrowhawks

Marton Mere LNR - Lesser whitethroat

Volunteers surveying for amphibians around Heron's Reach

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

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

Tuesday 21st April

Another cold start and warm afternoon 1 - 14C sunny with extremely light wind

Blackpool 6th Form College - 2 Kestrels, whitethroat, chiffchaff

Warbreck Hill - Chiffchaff

Lawson's Wetland - Whitethroat, Cetti's warbler

Marton Mere LNR - 2 Buzzards (over)

North Blackpool Pond Trail Kincraig Lake - Grasshopper warbler

New South Promenade - Little egret (S)

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

Monday 20th April

Another frosty start leading to a fine warmer than average day 1 - 14C sunny with a very light northerly wind

Solaris Centre - Tawny mining bee (1st record for here)

Town Centre - Grey wagtail, peregrine

Blackpool 6th form College - 2 Blackcaps, chiffchaff

New South Promenade - Grey seal, 21 Sandwich terns, 5 swallows

Marton Mere LNR - 4 Whitethroats, 4 blackcaps, 7 sedge warblers, 7 reed warblers, many willow warblers, skylark (over), 4 snipe, 45 pink footed geese (NW), many small tortoiseshells, several peacocks, comma

Lawson's Wetland - Whitethroat


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