We walked the perimeter path around the grounds and stopped for a while at the benched area that gives a great view of Liverpool airport (LJL) runway. Brilliant if that's your thing, but we were concentrating on the view we had of the eastern end of Garston shore and the many Curlew, Redshank and Oystercatchers that we could see.
We also enjoyed the strange sight of a redshank wading in a rather large puddle on the old access road between the sailing club and the airport.
Back in the centre of the estate and a quick stop at the cafe for tea/coffee was followed by a walk through the gardens where we found a Mistle Thrush looking for lunch.
A great, non-birding day!
*Speke Hall (built 1530) is a wood-framed wattle-and-daub Tudor manor house in Liverpool and is one of the finest surviving examples of its kind. It has been in the hands of the National Trust since 1986 and is well worth a visit.
*Speke Hall (built 1530) is a wood-framed wattle-and-daub Tudor manor house in Liverpool and is one of the finest surviving examples of its kind. It has been in the hands of the National Trust since 1986 and is well worth a visit.
Speke Hall - well worth a visit
Mistle Thrush looking for Sunday lunch in the gardens
Another orange-tail arrives at LJL
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