1996 in birding and ornithology

Years in birding and ornithology:	1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
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Years:	1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

See also 1995 in birding and ornithology, main events of 1996 and 1997 in birding and ornithology

Worldwide

41 Northern bald ibises, a fifth of the known world population, die in Morocco of unknown causes.

See also Bird species new to science described in the 1990s

The cryptic warbler (Cryptosylvicola randrianasoloi) from Madagascar is first described.

To be completed

The only breeding pair of golden eagles in England hatch a chick for the first time in three years at Haweswater.
580 singing male corncrakes are counted, up from 537 in 1995.
The first inland breeding of avocets in modern times takes place at a site in London. However breeding success at coastal colonies in East Anglia is poor.
A pair of hoopoes successfully breed in Mid Wales.

Thousands of waxwings are seen across Britain in the first few months of the year.
Large numbers of little stints and curlew sandpipers pass through during the autumn.

A redhead in Nottinghamshire in March is Britain's first
An American coot at Stodmarsh, Kent in April is Britain's first
An indigo bunting on Ramsey Island, Pembrokeshire in October is Britain's first
A cedar waxwing in Nottingham in February is Britain's second, but the first to be seen by large numbers of observers
A great knot on Teesside in October is Britain's second, but the first to be seen by large numbers of observers
A Caspian plover on Shetland in June is Britain's fourth
A calandra lark on the Isles of Scilly in April is Britain's fifth
During October, the Isles of Scilly also hosted two black-and-white warblers and Britain's sixth buff-bellied pipit
A Spanish sparrow arrives in Cumbria in July to begin a year-long stay; few observers had seen this species in Britain previously
The influx of Arctic redpolls of the race exilipes which began in late 1995 continued, and became the largest recorded invasion of this species into the country

Thousands of seabirds are killed by an oil spill when the Sea Empress oil tanker runs aground in Pembrokeshire in February.
A trial cull of ruddy ducks takes place in the Midlands.
At Rutland Water a project to reintroduce ospreys begins.
The British Birdwatching Fair has the Vietnamese rainforest as its theme for the year with the Vietnamese pheasant as its flagship species.

To be completed

To be completed

Four Siberian white cranes arrive at Bharatpur in India, the first records of this highly endangered species there since the 1992/1993 winter.

↑ Fisher, E. Ashley (2010). "Great Blue Heron on Scilly: new to Britain". British Birds. 103: 206–212.

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