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Résumé :
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For this second annual report, covering 19996, information on assessed and accepted records has been supplied, sometimes in advance of publication in their local bird reports, by County Bird Recorders. There were all-time record numbers of at least two species in 1996: Little Egret Egretta garzetta (so widespread that accurate counts are not available) and Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla (42 in 1996 cf. previous peak annual total of 39). There were also exceptionally high numbers, at least compared with other recent years, of Balearic Shearwaters Puffinus mauretanicus (1,410 cf. 937), Eurasian Spoonbills Platalea leucorodia, Buff-breasted Sandpipers Tryngites subruficollis (32 cf. 56), Horned Larks Eremophila alpestris (390 cf. 254), Barred Warblers Sylvia nisoria (180 cf. 230), Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus (116 cf. 152), European Serins Serinus serinus (77 cf. 80), Common Rosefinches Carpodacus erythrinus (144 cf. 242) and Ortolan Buntings Emberiza hortulana (106 cf. 112). The increases in numbers of Little Egrets, Short-toed Larks, Pallas's Leaf Warblers, European Serins and Common Rosefinches are the latest phases of long-term trends. In contrast, five species were particularly scarce in Britain in 1996: Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii (47 cf. 176), European Bee-eater Merops apiaster (10 cf. 71), Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris (18 cf. 57), Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides (9 cf. 38) and Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor (55 cf. 160).
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