Ogden/Ovenden Moor

BTO Atlas survey today in the area west of the res'r including the golf course, Withens and part of Ovenden Moor.
1 male Whinchat by the golf course
6 Reed Buntings
2 Twite at Withens Gap feeding in the field down the track from the hen huts. Also 4 Greenfinch and several Linnets in the same field and 2 pairs Pied Wagtails.
42 Meadow Pipits,15 Linnets and 9 Skylarks in the 2 hr survey
1 Snipe above the golf course
1 pair of Wrens were trying franticlly to distract a weasel from raiding their nest
Surprisingly we couldn't find any Red Grouse on Ovenden Moor - think they are just very quiet at the moment

Apart from the survey
1 G C Grebe on Ogden Res'r
1 Grey Wagtail
1 Chiff-chaff
c20 Willow Warblers
2 Blackcaps
1 m Sparrowhawk