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Marton Mere Blackpool

6/1/2018

 
Venue: Marton Mere Blackpool
Date: 6th Jan
Weather: Fine Blue Sky Cold
Time: 10.00am to 2.00pm

The first outing of 2018 for the Preston Society took place on a damp, cold day but 14 members bravely met on Lawson Road. The path from Lawson Road led us onto Marton Mere Nature Reserve.  
The party followed the path first to the new Metal Hide, as the Owls had not been seen on the reserve for a while.  Near the hide a Cetti's Warbler was heard briefly.  The party continued their walk around the Mere stopping for lunch in one of the Hides, and eventually managed to visited all the Hides including the interesting Feeding Station..
One of the locals informed us of the lack of Long Eared Owls this year.
We all had a great day out at the reserve, even though, unfortunately, the weather was slightly against us being rather colder than usual.
Mute Swan
Pink Footed Goose 1000+ over the day
Canada Goose
Greylag Goose
Mallard
Pheasant
Shoveller Pr
Tufted Duck
Pheasant
Teal
Pintail Pr
Cormorant
Grey Heron
Bittern 
Com Buzzard
Kestrel f
Water Rail h
Moorhen
Coot
Golden Plover 100+ ?
Lapwing 50+
Woodcock
Common Snipe
Black Headed Gull
Herring Gull
Lesser Black Backed Gull
Greater Black Backed Gull
Common Gull
Wood Pigeon
Feral Pigeon
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Blue Tit
Great Tit
Long Tail Tit
Cetti’s Warbler
Wren
Starling
Blackbird
Mistle Thrush
Robin
Dunnock
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch

Grey Squirrel

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