Mince pie and a coffee

The photographs that I took on today's 6.0659 miles (9.7622 km) route can be seen below...  

...or at https://sharalike.com/s/kzyB and the route we took can be seen at
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=6767562 
We set off earlier than usual as it was supposed to rain by midday.
As you can see from the map, our walk included the...

• Cheshire lines - a disused railway line that was built by the Cheshire Lines Committee, extending the North Liverpool Extension Line to Southport in 1884,
• Jubilee Wood - a former landfill site which has been planted in...♦ Scots pine, ♦ Corsican pine,
  ♦ larch,
  ♦ ash,
  ♦ rowan,
  ♦ willow,
  ♦ birch,
  ♦ hawthorn,
  ♦ guelder rose and
  ♦ dog rose and
• Leeds Liverpool Canal - the longest canal in Northern England at 127 miles long. 

Plants continue to be confused by the mild weather with many in flower and catkins also observed - the third lot in a week.
During the walk we saw...

• Two men practising Falconry - the hunting of wild quarry in its natural state and habitat by means of a trained bird of prey; in this case a Hobby;
• Buzzards - now the commonest and most widespread UK bird of prey; 
• a Grebe;
• Moorhens;
• Coots and
• Mallards;

...along with the usual hedgerow and field wild birds.
We ended our Meander at Costa, in Maghull, with a coffee and mince pie - a fruit-based mincemeat sweet pie of British origin that is traditionally served during the Christmas season.