Monday 30th January

Average temperatures for late January 3 - 7C mostly cloudy with a moderate cool south easterly breeze

Devonshire Road Rock Gardens - Goldcrest

Town Centre - Peregrine

North Shore go-kart track - 2 Purple sandpipers, 100 redshanks

Town Centre Sainsbury's/George St - 2 Waxwings

Stanley Park - 15 Herons (returning to nests in trees on island)

Marton Mere LNR - 3 Shelducks (SE), 3 goldeneyes, 125 wigeon, sparrowhawk, 65 fieldfares

Wigeon

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 27th - 29th January

Colder than average for late January -4 - 6C fog, rain, low cloud and a little sunshine with a mostly light to moderate south easterly breeze.

Sunday 29th January

Stanley Park - Treecreeper, nuthatch, coal tit, 2 song thrushes

Marton Mere LNR - 4 Goldeneyes, 26 fieldfares, 9 stock doves, goldcrest, 3 Cetti's warblers

North Shore go-kart track - Purple sandpiper

Blackpool Old Road - Great spotted woodpecker

Saturday 28th January

Talbot Road - 4 Waxwings (SW)

Marton Mere LNR - Peregrine, sparrowhawk, kestrel, 20 fieldfares, great spotted woodpecker, 3 goldeneyes

North Shore go-kart track - 2 Purple sandpipers, 146 redshanks

Friday 27th January

Marton Mere LNR - Otter, Iceland gull, 4 goldeneyes, 2 sparrowhawks, 2 kestrels, 65 fieldfares, 2 great spotted woodpeckers, 4 Cetti's warblers, 11 chaffinches, 7 linnets, 25 lapwings

Lawson's Wetland - Woodcock, jack snipe, 16 snipe, water rail

North Shore go-kart track - 3 Purple sandpipers, 130 redshank

Fieldfare

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 26th January

A cold day -1 - 1C dull with a biting brisk south easterly wind

Devonshire Road Rock Gardens - Blackbird (partial albino with white head)

Warbreck Hill - 40 Greenfinches (roosted)

Lawson's Wetland - 2 Woodcocks, jack snipe, 6 snipe

Stanley Park - 46 Gadwalls, 39 shovelers, 2 great crested grebes, 4 mistle thrushes

Marton Mere LNR - Otter, shelduck, 4 goldeneyes

Otters at Marton Mere by Mick McGough

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 25th January

An average January day 3 - 7 C, sunny all day with a brisk south easterly wind

Town Centre - 2 Pergrines

Stanley Park - Great crested grebe, great spotted woodpecker

Lawson's Wetland - 5 Snipe, jack snipe

North Pier - Grey wagtail

Mansfield Road/Devonshire Road - 4 Waxwings

Staining Nook - Raven (over), buzzard

Marton Mere LNR - 2 Woodcocks, barn owl, 3 goldeneyes, 25 shovelers, 75 fieldfares, 10 tree sparrows, water rail, 10 stock doves, great spotted woodpecker, 2 kestrels, 40 greenfinches

Recently - Woodland Gardens - Nuthatch

Great crested grebe on Stanley Park lake 

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 24th January

Another average late January day -1 - 7C frosty start then dull and gloomy with a light south easterly breeze

Mansfield Road/Devonshire Road - 4 Waxwings

Lawson's Wetland - 12 Linnets

Marton Mere LNR - Bittern. 300 coots, 2 woodcocks, 3 goldeneyes, 3 water rails, 5 Cetti's warblers, 60 fieldfares, buzzard, kestrel, 8 snipe, 8 linnets, 500 starlings (roosted)

Stanley Park - 2 Nuthatches, great spotted woodpecker

Nuthatch in Stanley Park

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 23rd January

A cold day -2 - 5C foggy then gloomy but brighter later with a very light easterly wind

Marton Mere LNR - 10 Snipe, chiffchaff, little grebe, 4 goldeneyes, 125 wigeon, 60 fieldfares, goldcrest, 8 linnets, 30 greenfinches

Stanley Park - 2 Teal, 27 gadwall, 16 shovelers, great crested grebe, great spotted woodpecker, 4 mistle thrushes

Solaris Centre - Song thrush (very irregular here)


Song thrush at Marton Mere LNR

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 20th - 22nd January

About average for mid-January 0 - 8C some sunshine with a light generally south easterly breeze

Sunday 22nd January

Marton Mere LNR - 4 Goldeneyes, buzzard, sparrowhawk, kestrel, 80 fieldfares, tree sparrow

Staining Nook - Fox, 2 woodcocks

Stanley Park golf course, eastern side - 18 Moorhens

De Vere Hotel entrance pool - 5 Moorhens

Grange Park - Goldcrest

Starr Gate - Pochard, 2800 common scoters, 21 great crested grebes, 14 red throated divers, 4 pintails

Saturday 21st January

Marton Mere LNR - Otter, great crested grebe, 4 goldeneyes, 10 shovelers, 11 snipe, 11 lapwings, 80 fieldfares, 4 song thrushes, 9 stock doves

Friday 20th January

Marton Mere LNR - 2 Siskins, 75 greenfinches, 7 linnets, coal tit, 5 goldeneyes, 17 shovelers, 3 water rails

Lawson's Wetland - 13 Snipe

Moorhen

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