Withens Clough 0600--0830

The first visit of this year's BTO Breeding Bird Survey to my square at the top of Withens Clough managed to tie up with the only dry period of the weekend (or so it seemed!). Not a bad mornings birding either with reasonable numbers of the expected species plus 5 Golden Plover, Snipe, Little Owl and a family party of Ravens, a pair of Ring Ouzel although not in the survey square were not far away.