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2006 Major Highlights

Spring 2006   
Penduline Tit (4) - from 2005 until 18th March at Rainham Marsh (E) - 6th record
White Stork - 19th March at Crossness NR (K), Belvedere Marshes (K) and Rainham Marshes (E) - 27th record.
White Stork - 19th March at London Colney (H) & Tyttenhanger GP (H) - 28th record.
American Robin - 28th March at Peckham (K) - had been present for 2/3 months - 1st record.
Alpine Swift - 9th to 16th April at Hampstead Heath (M) - 20th record.
Bluethroat - 23rd April at Staines Moor (S) - 17th record.
Black Kite - 29th April at Herne Hill (K) - 7th record.
Great White Egret - 30th April at Walthamstow Res (E) - 5th record.
Spoonbill - 7th May at Beddington SF (S) - 31st record.   
Black Kite - 10th May at London Wetland Centre, Barnes (S) - 8th record.
Red-throated Pipit on 11th May at Rainham Marsh (E) - 21st record.
Roseate Tern - 16th May at East India Dock NR (M) - 20th record.
Black-winged Stilt - 18th May at North Acton (M) - 7th record.
White Stork - 3rd June at Hemel Hempstead (H) - 29th record.
Montagu's Harrier - 4th and 6th June at Rainham Marsh (E) -26th record.
Crane - 9th June at Tower Hamlets (M) - 10th record.
Spoonbill - 9th June at Rainham Marsh (E) - 32nd record.
Spoonbill - 10th & 17th June at Walthamstow Res (E) - presumed same as above.
Great White  Egret - 11th June at Archway (M) - 5th record.
Autumn 2006 
Great White  Egret - 17th July at Berwick Ponds & Rainham Marsh (E) - 6th record.
Caspian Tern - 17th July at London Wetland Centre (Barnes) (S) - 5th record.
Barred Warbler - 9th September at Sewardstone Marsh (E) - 8th record.
Long-tailed Skua - 9th to 17th September at Queen Mother Res (B) - 13th record.
Laughing Gull - 19th & 20th September at Hilfield Park Res (H) - 1st record.
Barred Warbler - 25th & 26th September at East India Dock (M) - 9th record.
Great White  Egret - 10th November at Walthamstow Res (E) - 6th record.
Laughing Gull - 26th November at Amwell GP (H) - 2nd record.
Great White  Egret - 27th November at at Amwell GP (H) - 7th record.
Penduline Tit - from 27th December 2006 into 2007 at Rainham Marsh (E) - 7th record.

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