Tuesday 28th March

A mild day for late march but feeling cool in the breeze early on  2 - 12 some sunshine, showers later with a moderate quickly decreasing south easterly breeze

New South Promenade - Danish scurvy grass (a good display of this salt tolerant wildflower (not a grass!) opposite the Pleasure Beach)

Solaris Centre - 3 Goldfinches (very scarce here so far this year), buff tailed bumble bee

North Shore cliffs - 3 Wheatears

Gynn Gardens - Redwing, chiffchaff

Jubilee Gardens - Chiffchaff, goldcrest

Devonshire Road - Lesser celandine (a good display of this wildflower north of the railway bridge)

Beechfield Avenue - Peregrine (NW)

Lawson's Wetland - Snipe

Marton Mere LNR - 35 Sand martins, willow warbler, 7 chiffchaffs, 5 Cetti's warblers, little grebe, 2 great crested grebe, 22 shovelers, 2 buzzards, 3 sparrowhawks, 2 water rails

Lesser celandine

Please send your wildlife photos to solaris.centre@blackpool.gov.uk

WILDLIFE EVENT - Family Easter holiday rockpooling event at the Solaris Centre Friday 7^th April 2 - 3pm near the Mirror Ball. Meet at the Solaris Centre, wear wellies or old shoes you don’t mind getting wet. Bring a net and bucket if you have them, a fine meshed net is best.
This event is FREE.

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 March

A mild day cool at first 2 - 12C sunny with a light easterly breeze

North Shore cliffs - 2 Wheatears

Town Centre - Grey wagtail

Marton Mere LNR - Fox, 22 sand martins, 5 chiffchaffs, 4 Cetti's warblers, 3 great crested grebes, 2 little grebes, 20 shovelers, peregrine, 3 buzzards, kestrel, sparrowhawk, 9 stock doves, water rail

Salisbury Woodland - Chiffchaff

Stanley Park - 2 Sand martins, 2 nuthatches, 3 chiffchaffs, great crested grebe

Starr Gate - Harbour porpoise, 2 grey seals, shag, 4 scaup, 8 tufted ducks, 11 eiders, 48 red throated divers, red breasted merganser (S), goosander (S), 5 shelducks (S), 9 great crested grebes

Little grebe

Please send your wildlife photos to solaris.centre@blackpool.gov.uk

WILDLIFE EVENT - Family Easter holiday rockpooling event at the Solaris Centre Friday 7^th April 2 - 3pm near the Mirror Ball. Meet at the Solaris Centre, wear wellies or old shoes you don’t mind getting wet. Bring a net and bucket if you have them, a fine meshed net is best.
This event is FREE.

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 24th - 26th March

Cold early morning them very mild -1 - 16C mostly sunny with a moderate easterly at first then decreasing and turning northerly before increasing and veering back easterly

Sunday 26th March

Blackpool 6th form college - 20 Whooper swans (N)

Warbreck Hill - Goldcrest

Starr Gate - 2 Harbour porpoises, grey seal, 3 shags (S), osprey (N), 750 knot, 43 red throated divers, 11 shelducks, 9 great crested grebes, 4 eiders, red breasted merganser (S), lesser redpoll (over)

Marton Mere LNR - Redwing, 3 chiffchaffs, 4 Cetti's warblers, 2 great crested grebes, water rail, sparrowhawk, kestrel

Marton - Goldcrest

Salisbury Woodland Gardens - 2 Nuthatches, treecreeper, 2 goldcrests, chiffchaff, 2 sparrowhawks (over)

Saturday 25th March

Marton Mere LNR - Chiffchaffs ('everywhere'), blackcap, 2 great crested grebes, little grebe, shelduck, 45 teal, 15 shovelers, 8 lapwings, 2 oystercatchers, water rail, 11 stock doves, 25 fieldfares, 4 Mistle thrushes, 10 linnets, 5 Cetti's warblers

Devonshire Road Rock Gardens - Chiffchaff

Stanley Park - Chough, 2 treecreepers, goldcrest, chiffchaff

North Blackpool Pond Trail Kincraig Lake - Little grebe, teal, chiffchaff, heron

Starr Gate - 23 Eiders, 13 red throated divers, red breasted merganser (S), guillemot (S), 4 shelducks, goldcrest, woodpigeon (very scarce here), lesser redpoll (over), greenfinch (over), linnet (over)

Friday 24th March -

Warbreck Hill - Nostoc (a colonial photosynthesising cyanobacteria),

Marton Mere LNR - Little egret (S), 2 great crested grebes, 4 oystercatchers, 2 water rails, 7 stock doves, goldcrest, 3 Chiffchaffs, 4 Cetti's warblers

North Blackpool Pond Trail Low Moor Road - Little egret, heron, 3 chiffchaffs, 2 Mistle thrushes, 2 song thrushes

Moor Park Avenue/Faraday Way - Chiffchaff

Marton - Goldcrest

A colony of Nostoc

Please send your wildlife photos to solaris.centre@blackpool.gov.uk

WILDLIFE EVENT - Family Easter holiday rockpooling event at the Solaris Centre Friday 7^th April 2 - 3pm near the Mirror Ball. Meet at the Solaris Centre, wear wellies or old shoes you don’t mind getting wet. Bring a net and bucket if you have them, a fine meshed net is best.
This event is FREE.

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 March

A mild day after a slight frost 2 - 12C sunny with a moderate easterly breeze

Starr Gate - 33 Whooper swans (N), 10 eiders (S), 100 meadow pipits (N)

Blackpool Zoo - Chiffchaff

Marton Mere LNR - 2 Great crested grebes, little grebe, goldeneye, 60 teal, 3 oystercatchers, 5 stock doves, 2 kestrels, 5 chiffchaffs, 5 Cetti's warblers

North Shore cliffs - Wheatear

Wheatear at Little Bispham a couple of years ago

Please send your wildlife photos to solaris.centre@blackpool.gov.uk

WILDLIFE EVENT - Family Easter holiday rockpooling event at the Solaris Centre Friday 7^th April 2pm – 3pm near the Mirror Ball. Meet at the Solaris Centre, wear wellies or old shoes you don’t mind getting wet. Bring a net and bucket if you have them, a fine meshed net is best.
This event is FREE.

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 22nd March

A cool day 3 - 6C heavy rain for most of the day with a moderate but decreasing easterly wind

Marton Mere LNR - 4 Sand martins, chiffchaff, 2 Cetti's warblers, 15 shovelers, 3 great crested grebes, goldeneye, water rail

Town Centre - 2 Grey wagtails

Stanley Park - 2 Pochards, 3 great crested grebes, 2 Mistle thrushes

Mistle thrush at Stanley Park

Please send your wildlife photos to solaris.centre@blackpool.gov.uk

WILDLIFE EVENT - Family Easter holiday rockpooling event at the Solaris Centre Friday 7^th April 2pm – 3pm near the Mirror Ball. Meet at the Solaris Centre, wear wellies or old shoes you don’t mind getting wet. Bring a net and bucket if you have them, a fine meshed net is best.
This event is FREE.

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 21st March

A little below average temperatures for mid-March 4 - 8C feeling cold with heavy hail showers in the morning sunny later with a strong but decreasing south westerly veering southerly

Marton Mere LNR - Otter, 4 sand martins, 50 teal, 3 great crested grebes, lapwing, 2 buzzards, 7 stock doves, 3 Cetti's warblers

Lawson's Wetland - Marsh marigolds (in flower), 6 meadow pipits

Herron's Reach - Cowslips (in flower)

Stanley Park - Chough, 3 goldcrests, chiffchaff

Starr Gate - 2 Gannets (S), fulmar (N), 2 wigeons (S)

Chiffchaff at Marton Mere

Please send your wildlife photos to solaris.centre@blackpool.gov.uk

WILDLIFE EVENT - Family Easter holiday rockpooling event at the Solaris Centre Friday 7^th April 2pm – 3pm near the Mirror Ball. Meet at the Solaris Centre, wear wellies or old shoes you don’t mind getting wet. Bring a net and bucket if you have them, a fine meshed net is best.
This event is FREE.

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 20th March

An average day for mid-March 6 - 9C showers early on then some sunshine with a brisk westerly wind

Marton Mere LNR - Little gull, common scoter, 60 teal, goldeneye, 3 great crested grebes, 4 Cetti's warblers, 2 oystercatchers

Stanley Park - Chough, 4 great crested grebes, nuthatch, chiffchaff

North Blackpool Pond Trail Kincraig Lake - 2 Pochards, 2 teal, 4 tufted ducks, great crested grebe

Devonshire Road Rock Gardens - Coal tit (singing), 2 song thrushes (singing), moorhen, frog spawn

Town Centre - 2 Grey wagtails

Chough on Stanley Park golf course by Cliff Raby http://www.fyldecoastwildlife.co.uk/

Please send your wildlife photos to solaris.centre@blackpool.gov.uk

WILDLIFE EVENT - Family Easter holiday rockpooling event at the Solaris Centre Friday 7^th April 2pm – 3pm near the Mirror Ball. Meet at the Solaris Centre, wear wellies or old shoes you don’t mind getting wet. Bring a net and bucket if you have them, a fine meshed net is best.
This event is FREE.

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