Wednesday 2nd & Thursday 3rd November

About average for early November 2- 10C some sun on Wednesday but dull on Thursday with a light north westerly wind increasing and becoming south westerly

Thursday 3rd November

Marton Mere LNR - Stoat, 10000 starlings, 3 water rails

Metropole Hotel - 3 Grey wagtails

New South Promenade - 27 Wigeon (S), 1000 oystercatchers, 30 sanderlings, guillemot

Wednesday 2nd November

Marton Mere LNR - 2 Whooper swans, little grebe, 17 gadwall, 4 water rails, 3 Cetti's warblers, buzzard, sparrowhawk, kestrel, 26 skylarks, 10 redwings


Stoat at Marton Mere LNR by Cliff Raby www.fyldecoastwildlife.co.uk



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 1st November

A mild start to the month 5 - 11C prolonged sunny spells later with a light northerly wind

Warbreck Hill - 2 Whooper swans (S)

North Blackpool Pond Trail Kincraig Lake - 4 Water rails, 7 teal, 4 goldcrests, chiffchaff, great spotted woodpecker

North Shore go-kart track - Purple sandpiper

Heron's Reach golf course - 2 Fieldfares

New South Promenade - 75 Pink footed geese (S), 200 common scoters, 1000 oystercatchers, 2 redshanks, 7 turnstones, 3 eiders (S), great crested grebe

Marton Mere LNR - 2 Bitterns, 11 whooper swans (over), little grebe, great crested grebe, 6 water rails, 9 snipe, 2 sparrowhawks, 20 redwings, great spotted woodpecker, 5 Cetti's warbler, chiffchaff, blackcap, 70 pink footed geese

Redshanks roosting in the go-kart track 

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

Monday 31st October

Another mild day with a cool misty start 6 - 14C sunny later no wind

Marton - Red admiral butterfly

Warbreck Hill - 13 Whooper swans (SE)

New South Promenade - 6 Red throated divers, eider (N)

Lawson's Wetland - Cetti's warbler

Metropole Hotel - Goldcrest

North Shore go-kart track - 160 Redshanks

Marton Mere LNR - 3 Bearded tits, bittern 60 fieldfares (SW), 25 redwings, 2 goldcrests, 24 skylarks, 3 tree sparrows, 6 Cetti's warblers, grey wagtail, 2 buzzards, 3 sparrowhawks, peregrine (S), 2 stonechats, little grebe, 7 water rails, 75 pink footed geese, 33 gadwall, 7 whooper swans (over), 14500 starlings (roosted)

Starling murmuration at Marton Mere LNR

Both photos by Alicia Hayden then aged 14

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 27th - Sunday 30th October

Very mild for late October 11- 14C mostly dull and cloudy with a light  variable wind.

Sunday 30th October

Marton Mere LNR - Otter, 3 bitterns, 2 bearded tits, 5 swallows, 11000 starlings (roosted), 10 Cetti's warblers, jay, chiffchaff, 3 goldcrests, buzzard, sparrowhawk, 2 kestrels, 200 coot, 61 tufted ducks, 52 shovlers, 5 wigeon, little grebe, 20 redwings, 7 fieldfares, 13 stock doves, 99 pink footed geese, 16 snipe, 22 skylarks

Warbreck Hill - several Redwings (heard flying over at night)

Starr Gate - 3 Harbour porpoises, 39 red throated divers, 39 great crested grebes, 2 wigeon, eider, 2 whooper swans, 5 razorbills, 2 guillemots, 5 tufted ducks, 1500 common scoters, 2 rock pipits

Saturday 29th October

Marton Mere LNR - 4 Bearded tits, 3 blackcaps, 4 Cetti's warblers, little grebe, 2 poxhards, 6 water rails, 63 pink footed geese, 23 snipe, 25 redwings, goldcrest, redshank (E),

Poulton Old Road - Yellow  browed warbler

Friday 28th October

Marton Mere LNR - 2 Bitterns, goosander (W), blackcap, goldcrest, 4 Cetti's warblers, 4 water rails, little grebe, 14 pink footed geese

Thursday 27th October

North Blackpool Pond Trail Kincraig Lake - Great spotted woodpecker, 12 teal, 3 shovelers

Marton Mere LNR - 2 Mediterranean gulls, 60 shovelers, 4 wigeon, 4 wigeon, 30 teal, little grebe

Otters at Marton Mere LNR a few years ago - by Mick McGough

EVENT - North Blackpool Pond Trail - Tuesday 1st Nov 10am - 12 noon - Autumn Explorer - Children's Activity. Your chance to find out about hibernation and how you can help wildlife during the winter. Free but donation to the Friends of the North Blackpool Pond Trail appreciated. Meet at the Community Orchard, Runcorn Avenue FY2 0PS
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

Wednesday 26th October

Mild again 9 - 14C dull with a moderate south westerly wind

Town Centre - Peregrine

Warbreck Hill - Peregrine

North Blackpool Pond Trail Kincraig Lake - 2 Water rails, 5 shovelers, 5 goldcrests

Stanley Park - Coal tit

Starr Gate - Grey seal, 8 great crested grebes, 4 red throated divers, 3 guillemots, razorbill

Marton Mere LNR - Stoat, bearded tit, bittern, 2 stonechats, 9 gadwall, buzzard, sparrowhawk, kestrel

Peregrine on Warbreck Hill water tower

EVENT - North Blackpool Pond Trail - Tuesday 1st Nov 10am - 12 noon - Autumn Explorer - Children's Activity. Your chance to find out about hibernation and how you can help wildlife during the winter. Free but donation to the Friends of the North Blackpool Pond Trail appreciated. Meet at the Community Orchard, Runcorn Avenue FY2 0PS
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 25th October

Another mild day for late October 4 - 13C long sunny spells with a light south easterly breeze

Heron's Reach - Tawny owl

Marton Mere LNR - 4 Bearded tits, 2500 starlings (roosted), brambling (SE),  3 little egrets (SW), ring necked parakeet, jay (E) 22 fieldfares, pochard, 2 stonechats (pair), peregrine, 2 buzzards, 2 sparrowhawks, kestrel, 4 grey wagtails, 5 tree sparrows, 4 water rails, 6 snipe

North Blackpool Pond Trail Kincraig Lake - 7 Teal, 2 water rails, goldcrest

New South Promenade - 3 Red throated divers

Washington Avenue - 2 Buzzards (over), migrant hawker dragonfly

Town Centre - Peregrine

Brambling at Marton Mere LNR some years ago

EVENT - North Blackpool Pond Trail - Tuesday 1st Nov 10am - 12 noon - Autumn Explorer - Children's Activity. Your chance to find out about hibernation and how you can help wildlife during the winter. Free but donation to the Friends of the North Blackpool Pond Trail appreciated. Meet at the Community Orchard, Runcorn Avenue FY2 0PS
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 21st - 24th October

Average days but cool nights 3 - 13C mostly cloudy with light to moderate easterly winds

Monday 24th October

Town Centre - 2 Peregrines

Lawson's Field - Ring necked parakeet

North Station - Goldcrest

Marton Mere LNR - 4 Bearded tits, 2 bitterns, short eared owl, goosander, jay, little grebe, 12 goldcrests, 50 redwings, 2 stonechats (pair), great spotted woodpecker, kestrel, sparrowhawk, 4 water rails, 50 shovelers, 7 snipe, 11 gadwall, 50 tufted ducks, pochard, 5000 starlings (roosted), 2 cetti's warblers

Sunday 23rd October

Anchorsholme - Sparrowhawk

Marton Mere LNR - Barn owl, 3000 starlings (roosted), jack snipe, 2 stonechats (pair), wigeon, 55 tufted ducks, 40 fieldfares, 4 Cetti's warbler, 3 whooper swans, 10 gadwall, 2 pochards

Saturday 22nd October

Marton Mere LNR - 5 Bearded tits, bittern, ring ouzel, 12 whooper swans, 2 ravens (NE), 6 Cetti's warblers, chiffchaff, 318 fieldfares, 10 song thrushes, 37 redwings, 3 stonechats, wigeon, pochard, buzzard, sparrowhawk, kestrel

Staining Nook - Kestrel, 2 redwings

Stanley Park - 26 Gadwall, 12 shoveler, 52 tufted ducks, kestrel (very rarely seen here)

Friday 21st October

Starr Gate - 2 Grey seals, 3 eiders, rock pipit, 1500 common scoters, 850 oystercatchers, 2 red throated divers

Heron's Reach golf course - Chiffchaff, 2 goldcrests

Staining Nook - 10 Redwings, 9 fieldfares, 2 goldcrests

Marton Mere LNR -  5 Bearded tits, woodcock, 2 stonechats (pair), little grebe, 650 pink footed geese (S), 14 wigeon, 67 shovelers, 260 coot, sparrowhawk, 15 skylarks, 16 linnets, 2500 starlings (roosted), kestrel, 7 goldcrests, 7 Cetti's warblers,

Female bearded tit

EVENT - North Blackpool Pond Trail - Tuesday 1st Nov 10am - 12 noon - Autumn Explorer - Children's Activity. Your chance to find out about hibernation and how you can help wildlife during the winter. Free but donation to the Friends of the North Blackpool Pond Trail appreciated. Meet at the Community Orchard, Runcorn Avenue FY2 0PS
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