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1997 in birding and ornithology

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New species

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

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Taxonomic developments

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Breeding birds

  • Only 11 booming bitterns are heard, half as many as the previous year.
  • Thousands of young black-legged kittiwakes and other seabirds die in North-east England during storms.
  • A pair of red-backed shrikes breed in Northern Scotland.

    • Migrant and wintering birds

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    Rare birds

  • A spectacled warbler at Landguard Point, Suffolk is the second British record
  • A semipalmated plover at Dawlish Warren National Nature Reserve in June is the second British record
  • A male Siberian rubythroat in Dorset in October is the second British record
  • A blue-cheeked bee-eater in Shetland in June and July is Britain's eighth, but only the second to be seen by large numbers of observers.
  • A western sandpiper in Lothian in July is also Britain's eighth, but only the first to be seen by large numbers of observers.
  • A record influx of 16 desert wheatears occurs between October and December

    • Other events

  • The British Birdwatching Fair has Ecuador as its theme for the year.

    • Scandinavia

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    North America

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    Asia

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    References

    1997 in birding and ornithology Wikipedia
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