Monday 6 May 2013

May Day at the Hall

I visited Speke Hall today with the family today for the May Day festival (not the best day for birding on the site as it attracts thousands of visitors!), despite the numbers of people I managed to find a few interesting species. Best of all was a singing Lesser Whitethroat in the scrub area before the estate entrance, and a Garden Warbler in Stocktons Wood; other goodies included a pair of Buzzards over Stocktons Wood, Peregrine over the Hall, and a Little Egret on the shore.

  • Peregrine - 1 flew low East over the Hall
  • Common Buzzard - 2 over Stocktons Wood
  • Sparrowhawk - female over the Hall
  • Pheasant - 2 males on the Airfield
  • Shelduck - 30+ on the shore
  • Little Egret - 1 on the shore under the landing light jetty
  • Garden Warbler - 1 Stocktons Wood
  • Blackcap - 12+
  • Whitethroat - 5
  • Lesser Whitethroat - 1 near the estate gates
  • Willow warbler - 3
  • Chiff Chaff - 15
  • Sedge Warbler - moat
  • Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2
  • Nuthatch - 3
  • Treecreeper - 2
  • House Martin - 15+
  • Swallow - 35+
  • Orange Tip - 1
  • Small Tortershell - 5
  • Peacock - 7
  • Brimstone - 1
  • Speckled Wood - 20+

1 comment:

Neil M said...

Been meaning to post this for a couple of days, there has been a pair of great crested grebes on sefton park lake over the last week or so, they were still there on friday when i checked and had actually been joined by a 3rd bird. Fairly easy to get quite close to them, and very beautiful birds they are too.