A personal account of the rare and scarce birds seen in Britain in 2006. Features many of the year's major rarities including Long-billed Murrelet, Black-eared Kite, Stilt Sandpiper, Pallid Harrier, Sora, Kildeer, Scop's Owl, Roller and Ivory Gull. For a complete list of species see below. Total running time: 2 hours and 20 minutes.
Disc One
Black-throated Thrush – Townhill, Swansea, Glamorgan – January
Common Rosefinch – Graves Park, Sheffield - February
Great Bustard – Bleadon Levels, Somerset – February
Lesser Scaup – Grimley, Worcestershire – February
Penduline Tits – Rainham Marsh, London – February
Sora – Gibraltar Point, Lincolnshire – March
Bonaparte’s Gull – Ferryden, Montrose – March
Bonaparte’s Gull – Asda N.R. Frome, Somerset – March
Laughing Gull – Madjeski Stadium, Reading – March
Green-winged Teal – Eyebrook Reservoir, Leicestershire – March
Penduline Tits – Portrack Marsh, Cleveland – March
Cattle Egret – Mill Hill Trout Farm, Worton, Wiltshire – March
Franklin’s Gull – Northam Burrows C.P Devon – April
Alpine Swift – Seaton, Devon – April
Kildeer – Blakeney Freshmarsh, Norfolk – April
Subalpine Warbler – Stanpit Marsh N.R Dorset – April
Ring Ouzel – Walton Hill N.T. Worcestershire – April
Wryneck – Warmley, Gloucestershire – April
Woodchat Shrike – Trent Meadows, Derbyshire – May
Ring-necked Duck – Coatham Marsh, Cleveland – May
Black-winged Stilt – Martin Mere, Lancashire – May
Black-winged Stilt – Upton Warren, Worcestershire - May
Slavonian Grebe – Alvecote Pools, Warwickshire – June
Red-footed Falcon – Millenium Country Park, Bedfordshire – June
Scops Owl – Thrupp, Oxon, Oxfordshire – June
Semi-palmated Sandpiper – Saltholme Pools, Cleveland – July
Lesser Grey Shrike – Shingle Street, Suffolk – July
Stilt Sandpiper – Conwy RSPB, Conwy - July
Disc Two
Pine Grosbeak – Gilston Park, Hertfordshire – July (escape)
Red-backed Shrike – Croxley Common, Hertfordshire – July
Black-necked Grebe – Gailey Reservoir, Staffordshire – August
White Pelican – Bough Beech Reservoir, Kent – August (escape)
Great White Egret – Chigborough Lake EWT, Essex - August
Roller – South Gare, Cleveland – August
Snowy Owl – Greinetobht, North Uist - August
Long-tailed Skua – Queen Mother Reservoir, London – September
Least Sandpiper – Hayle Estuary, Cornwall – September
Wilson’s Phalarope – Stithians Reservoir, Cornwall – September
Pectoral Sandpiper – Slimbridge WWT, Gloucestershire – September
Pallid Harrier – Winterton, Norfolk – September
Short-toed Lark – Great Orme C.P Conwy – October
Woodchat Shrike – Great Orme C.P Conwy – October
Hoopoe – Leamore, Walsall – October
Bonaparte’s Gull – Newbiggin Bay, Northumberland – October
Glossy Ibis – Pilling, Lancashire – October
Desert Wheatear – Cooden Beach, East Sussex – November
Little Auk – Snettisham RSPB, Norfolk – November
Shore Lark – Snettisham RSPB, Norfolk – November
Long-billed Murrelet – Dawlish, Devon – November
Black-eared Kite – Colbeach, Lincolnshire – November (brief footage)
Barrow’s Goldeneye – Callander, Forth - November
Sabine’s Gull – Westbay, Bridport, Dorset – December
Falcated Duck – Bowling Green Marsh RSPB, Devon –December
Great Northern Diver – Chasewater, Staffordshire - December
Ivory Gull – Greenan, Ayrshire - December
Richardson’s Canada Goose – East Chevington EWT, – December
Black-throated Diver – Glanderston Dam, Clyde – December
Ross’s Gull – Ormsary Water, Argyll - December
