2006_in_birding_and_ornithology
The year 2002 in birding and ornithology.
New species
Taxonomic developments
Ornithologists
Deaths
- 12 January - René de Naurois
- 22 September - Tommy Garnett
- 2 October - George A. Bartholomew
- 10 October - Mike Rogers[1]
- 18 October - Ronald Hickling
- 23 November - Paul Géroudet
- 8 December - John Kenneth Terres
- ? - Tatsuo Utagawa
World listing
Britain
Breeding birds
Migrant and wintering birds
Rare birds
- A large influx of cattle egrets occurs in January, including a flock of eight in Sussex
- Britain's first long-billed murrelet is found in Devon in November[2]
Other events
Ireland
Rare birds
- Ireland's first cirl bunting is found in Co. Cork[3]
- Ireland's first Canada warbler is found in Co. Clare[3]
- Ireland's second Baltimore oriole, second isabelline shrike and second hermit thrush are all found in Co. Cork[3]
Scandinavia
To be completed
To be completed
- "Mike Rogers". Times Online. 28 October 2006. Retrieved 6 January 2010.
- Kirby, Terry (14 November 2006). "The big question: Should the sighting of a rare auk in Britain give us cause for alarm?". The Independent. Archived from the original on June 12, 2009. Retrieved 6 January 2010.
- "Irish Rare Birds Report 2006" (PDF). Irish Rare Birds Committee. p. 2. Retrieved 6 January 2010.