title: 2006 in birding and ornithology
text: # 2006 in birding and ornithology
  
  The year 2002 in birding and ornithology.
  
  ## Worldwide
  
  ### New species
  
      See also Bird species new to science described in the 2000s
  
  ### Ornithologists
  
  **Deaths**
  
  * 12 January - René de Naurois
  * 22 September - Tommy Garnett
  * 2 October - George A. Bartholomew
  * 10 October - Mike Rogers
  * 18 October - Ronald Hickling
  * 23 November - Paul Géroudet
  * 8 December - John Kenneth Terres
  * ? - Tatsuo Utagawa
  
  ## Europe
  
  ### Britain
  
  **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
  
  ### Ireland
  
  **Rare birds**
  
  * Ireland's first cirl bunting is found in Co. Cork
  * Ireland's first Canada warbler is found in Co. Clare
  * Ireland's second Baltimore oriole, second isabelline shrike and second hermit thrush are all found in Co. Cork
  
  ### Scandinavia
  
  To be completed
  
  ## North America
  
  To be completed
  
  