Sunday 31st October 2004 [R.Boland]
At Langsett / Midhope: imm male Goshawk, 10 Bullfinch, c.400 Fieldfare, 40 Pink-feet NE at 13.20 and c.90 'geese' flying south at 11.30 but lost in low cloud.

Saturday 25th September 2004 [AD]
A Pink-footed Goose of unknown origin at Midhope Res [and presumably same at Underbank].

Tuesday 9th March 2004 [AD]
At Midhope: 26 Pink-footed Geese dropped on to the Res briefly before flying to feed in fields on Edgecliff - [these have possibly been in area since early Dec 2003].

Thursday 4th March 2004 [M.Sherwin]
From Midhope raptor watchpoint: 3 Goshawks, Merlin, Curlew and Golden Plover calling. At Midhopestones Res: 3 Greylag Geese, 6 Teal and a female Goldeneye.

Monday 1st March 2004 [S.Graham]
In the Langsett area: possibly 4 Goshawk between 1045-1130h. Atn Langsett Res: 16 Pink-footed Geese resting and bathing on the Res and a Sparrowhawk over the woods, but very little on the passerine front, with just one Siskin over.

Sunday 15th February 2004 [R.Boland]
At Low Moor, Upper Midhope: 2 Common Buzzards and a Peregrine. Also a total of c.750 Pink-footed Geese NW between 0940 and 1405h.

Saturday 24th January 2004 [RT]
At Langsett Res: 24 Teal, 32 Mallard and 24 Pink-footed Geese. And in a small gull roost [by last light]: one Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 21 Herring Gulls, 4 Common Gulls and 93 Black-headed Gull.

Friday 23rd January 2004 [CC]
A small party of 8 Greylag Geese and one smaller goose [probably Pink-footed] flew south at Midhope.

Monday 12th January 2004 [RDH]
In the Langsett gull roost: 220 Herring Gull; 55 Great Black-backed Gull; 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull; 50 Black-headed Gull; 5 Common Gull.

Friday 24th October 2003
Langsett Res: 48 Teal, 3 Tufted Ducks, 2 Goldeneye. Midhope Res: 1 Teal, 1 drake Pochard, 6 Goldeneye. Underbank Res:1 Cormorant, 1 Goosander, 50+ Pied Wagtails, 100+ Carrion Crows (feeding on exposed mussels).

Monday 29th September 2003
Langsett Res: mixed flock c.20 Coal Tit, c.20 Goldcrest. Midhope Res: 2 Redwings. Midhopestones: mixed flock c.50 Linnet, c.50 Goldfinch.

Sunday 28th September 2003
A Common Buzzard flew low over Crosspool to the west at 1705h.

Friday 26th September 2003 [CC]
A decent count of 43 Teal, but not much else.

Thursday 25th September [MCW]
At Langsett Res:7 Tufted Duck. At Midhopestones: 1 Common Buzzard, c.50 Linnet. At Underbank Res: pre-roost gathering of 65+ Carrion Crows; 163 Canada Geese.

Tuesday 23rd September 2003 [MCW]
At Langsett Res: 1 Greenshank, 1 redhead Goosander (prob same as Midhope Res. earlier in the month), 2 Crossbills, 6+ Chiffchaffs and a Spotted Flycatcher. At Midhope Res: 5+ Chiffchaffs.

Saturday 13th September 2003 [S.Graham / DJButtle]
Two Greenshank at Midhope Res all morning [SG]. And a Common Buzzard drifted south over Langsett [DJB]

Monday 8th September [MCW].
At Langsett Res: 2 drake Garganey (first record here to my knowledge - MCW), 3 Grey Herons, 9 Tufted Duck. At Midhope Res: a redhead Goosander, 11 Eurasian Teal, 9 Little Grebe, c.500 House Martin, 1 female/imm Redstart. At Underbank Res: 105 Canada Geese, 3 Grey Heron.

Saturday 23rd August 2003 [CC]
Five adult and one juv Shelduck on Langsett Res. A Common Buzzard and a Green Woodpecker at Midhope.

Tuesday 19th August 2003 [Birdnet info]
Red Kite at Midhope mid-afternoon.

Sunday 17th August 2003 [AD].
At Langsett: a Red Kite, at first outside the area towards Hartcliff Hill, but drifted over to Upper Midhope then lost heading out over the moors, 1730h [no obvious wing-tags]; a distant harrier sp towards Mickleden was probably a Marsh Harrier; one Common Buzzard. This record shot of the Red Kite shows it interacting with a corvid, which was apparently not a Raven.

Photograph Copyright © Andy Deighton

Sunday 29th June 2003 [S.Vickers]
A count of 11 Common Sandpipers at Langsett Res presumably involved adults and birds of the year.

Monday 26th May 2003 [J.Wasse, S.Green]
Red Kite - 2 for c.30minutes from 1550h [also seen later at Broomhead Moor]; Kestrel - 1; Sparrowhawk - 1.
[And of interest: a female Marsh Harrier at Broomhead / Pike Lowe, 1645h.]

Saturday 24th May 2003 [J.Wasse]
The highlights at Midhope were: a singing Common Redstart, singing Lesser Redpoll and Bullfinch.

Wednesday 23rd April 2003 [C.Corbidge]
Three Common Sandpipers on the dam wall at Langsett Res.

Monday 21st April 2003 [J.Wasse]
A female Goldeneye on Midhope Res.

Friday 18 April 2003 [J.Wasse]
Two Ravens over Pike Lowe and a couple of Lesser Redpolls around the Midhope Raptor Watch-point.

Tuesday 11th March 2003
A flock of 39 Curlews on Midhope Hall Lane, Midhopestones. [MCW]

Sunday 2nd March 2003 [MCW and AD]
Midhope Res: 2 Goldeneye, 1 Coot (first back). Midhopestones: 10 Curlew, 6 Lapwing on breeding territories, 1 singing Skylark - all first spring records - [nothing four days ago] [MCW]. At Midhopestones: one Brambling over. At Langsett Res: 3 Teal; only a small gull roost of c.350 Black-headed Gulls, c.10 Common Gulls, and one Herring Gull; 3 Lesser Black-backed Gulls through; 2 Raven and a Peregrine over at dusk; a flock of 10 Curlews making repeated passes of the res at dusk, and several attempts to land in the middle of the res with the gulls, were presumably the same as those at Midhope, above [Ed]. [AD].

Saturday 22nd February 2003 [AD, EAF]
Two Mediterranean Gulls in the Langsett Res roost this evening, an adult and a first-winter, but very few large gulls.

Friday 21st February 2003
Langsett Res: a pair Red-breasted Merganser. Midhope Res: 1 Shelduck, 3 Greylag Geese (looks like they might breed again).

Saturday 15th February 2003 [RDH, KC]
In the Langsett gull roost: Mediterranean Gull - an adult winter; Black-headed Gull - c.650; Common Gull - 364; Herring Gull - 10; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 4. Also, 65 Pink-footed Geese west at approx 1715h.

Sunday 2nd February 2003
At the Langsett Res gull roost this evening: Great Black-backed Gull - 10; Herring Gull - 42; Common Gull - 438; Black-headed Gull - c.2000. [No Lesser Black-backed Gulls].

Saturday 1st February 2003 [PW]
The adult Mediterranean Gull in the Langsett gull roost again this evening, but only 50 Black-headed Gulls.

Friday 31st January 2003 [Birdnet]
An adult Mediterranean Gull in the Langsett gull roost from 1600h this evening.

Friday 17th January 2003 [MNR]
A first-winter Mediterranean Gull in the Langsett gull roost this evening.

Sunday 12th January 2003 [AD]
A first-winter Glaucous Gull in the Langsett gull roost this evening, along with: c.400 Herring Gulls, 35 Great Black-backed Gulls, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, c.100 Common Gulls, c.3000 Black-headed Gulls.

Saturday 11th January 2003 [RDH, RT]
At Langsett Res tonight: Herring Gull - c.550; Great Black-backed Gull - c.75; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 4; Common Gull - c.150; Black-headed Gull - c.2050.

Saturday 4th January 2003 [M.Cunningham]
Two Ravens and 2 Peregrine at Midhope.

Friday 3rd January 2003 [RT]
At Langsett: 137 Great Black-backed Gulls; 5 Lesser Black-backed Gulls; 650 Herring Gulls; 210 Common Gulls and 400 Black-headed Gulls. Plus 3 Sparrowhawks and a Peregrine.

Sunday 29th December 2002 [Birdnet]
No sign of the Caspian Gull at Langsett this evening, but a first-winter Yellow-legged Gull in the roost. This could possibly represent either the third or fourth bird from the Yellow-legged Gull / Caspian Gull complex over the Christmas period to date - the first-winter Caspian, and adult Yellow-legged or Caspian [or both] and now a first-winter YLG.

Saturday 28th December 2002 [KC, RDH]
The first-winter Caspian Gull again in the Langsett Res roost tonight, plus c.400 Herring Gull, c.1300 Black-headed Gulls, c.200 Common Gulls, c.40 Great Black-backed Gulls, c. 5 Lesser Black-backed Gulls and an adult Kittiwake, plus what was probably an adult Yellow-legged Gull.

Friday 27th December 2002 [PW]
The first-winter Caspian Gull in the gull-roost at Langsett from 1540h. Also: c.250 Herring Gulls, c.15 Great Black-backed Gulls, c.10 Lesser Black-backed Gulls and 50+ Common Gulls. In addition, after scrutinising photographs, another bird present in the roost was possibly an adult Caspian Gull.

Tuesday 24th December 2002 [KC, RDH, PW]
A first-winter Caspian Gull in the roost at Langsett Res this evening, along with: 700 Black-headed Gulls, 230 Herring Gulls, 75 Common Gulls, 10 Lesser Black-backed Gulls and 10 Great Black-backed Gulls. Also at Langsett, one Goosander with another 13 at Broomhead Res.

Saturday 23rd November 2002 [RT]
In the gull roost at Langsett: Lesser Black-backed Gull - 90; Herring Gull - 9; Common Gull - 60; Black-headed Gull - 1300. There were no Great Black-backed Gulls. In addition: Greylag Geese - 9.

Sunday 10th November 2002
At Broomhead Res: 1 Curlew, 1 Common Buzzard (same individual as seen in the general area since 28th October). At Midhope Res / Barnside Moor: 1 Hen Harrier, 1 Goshawk, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Kestrels.

Saturday 9th November 2002
A ring-tail Hen Harrier early this morning  [Birdnet info], and a Common Buzzard [AD].

Monday 28th October 2002
Midhope Res: 1 Common Buzzard. Upper Midhope: 1 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker in a mixed tit flock.

Sunday 27th October 2002 [Birdnet info]
At Langsett: 14 Pink-footed Geese over; 2 adult Yellow-legged Gulls in the roost [but no further roost details].

Sunday 6th October 2002 [RT]
At Midhope; 2 ringtail Hen Harriers and an adult Peregrine. At the Langsett gull roost:c.1000 Lesser Black-backed Gulls; 3 Herring Gull types, in fading light.

Sunday 29th September 2002
Midhope Res / Barnside Moor: 1 Merlin, a male Goshawk, 1 Hen Harrier, 3 Sparrowhawks, 2+ Kestrels, 1 Common Buzzard.

Sunday 15th September 2002
Midhope Res / Barnside Moor: 3 Peregrine, 2 Common Buzzards, 3+ Kestrel, 6 Common Crossbill, 1 Common Snipe, 4 Little Grebe, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Herring Gull, 160+ Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 4 Chiffchaff.

Saturday 14th September 2002
Midhope Res / Barside Moor: 3 Kestrels, 1 Hobby, 1 Common Buzzard, 2 Sparrowhawks, 13 Common Crossbill.

Wednesday 11th September 2002
Midhope Res / Barnside Moor: 3+ Kestrels, 1 Common Buzzard, 3 Goshawks, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Hen Harrier, 2 Raven, 2 Greylag Geese, 5+ Lesser Redpolls, c.120 Lesser Black-backed Gulls. No sign of the 'abietinus' Chiffchaff.

Tuesday 10th September 2002
Midhope Res / Barnside Moor: 1 Hen Harrier, 1 Goshawk, 1 Common Buzzard, 6+ Kestrel, 1 Peregrine, 1 Barnacle Goose, 105 Canada Geese, 1 Teal, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Chiffchaffs (+1 abietinus type), 2 Blackcaps.

Sunday 8th September 2002.
Barnside Moor / Midhope Res: 5 Teal, 4+ Chiffchaff (including one showing characteristics of the race abietinus), 1 Willow Warbler, 2 Blackcaps, 2 Spotted Flycatchers, 1 Ring Ouzel, 1 Redstart, 2 Peregrine, 2 Common Buzzards, a juv Marsh Harrier, 1 Hobby, 2 Sparrowhawks, 1 Merlin and 3+ Kestrels.