Sandgrouse 26 1

Sandgrouse is published by OSME and contains papers and short notes on the ornithology of the OSME region, provides bird and conservation news from the region and a comprehensive round up of bird sightings in the Middle East, the Caucasus and Central Asia.

Sandgrouse Volume 26 (1) Spring 2004

Sandgrouse Cover 26 (1)

Sand Partridge Ammoperdix heyitaken by Paul Doherty in Israel in October

2OSME NEWS
  
3NEWS AND INFORMATION
  
6REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION
  
7Breeding bird atlas of the Ponor Mountains, western Bulgaria
 S. C. NIKOLOV AND V. P. VASSILEV
23Bubiyan Island: a rich Kuwait avifauna
 E. RAMADAN, K. AL-NASRALLAH AND G. GREGORY
27PHOTOSPOT – Black Lark Melanocorypha yeltoniensis
 A ROWLANDS
29Significant bird notes from Lebanon during 2002–03
 G. RAMADAN-JARADI, T. BARA, M. ALMÉCIJA AND M. RAMADAN-JARADI
35Breeding birds in central Arabia 1978–2003
 M. C. JENNINGS
48Four new bird species in Yemen from Socotra
 S. J. ASPINALL, R. F. PORTER AND O. AL-SAGHIER
51Another Swinhoe’s Storm-petrel Oceanodroma monorhis at Eilat
 B. GRANIT AND J. P. SMITH
53The first Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis in Israel
 B. GRANIT AND J. P. SMITH
55Spectacled Warbler Sylvia conspicillata: a new breeding species for Turkey
 G. AND H. WELCH
59Ornithological observations in eastern Yemen, February–March 2002
 C. TOURENQ, M. LAWRENCE, M. SALEH, J. BIN OMRAN AND M. AL-KHOBANI
60Range extensions and new information for some Iranian birds
 A. KHALEGHIZADEH AND M. E. SEHHATI
62A Houbara Bustard Chlamydotis (undulata) macqueenii caught in Belgium and released in Saudi Arabia
 J. JUDAS AND C. VELTER
65Breeding Striated Heron Butorides striatus in Israel
 Y. PERLMAN
65The first Franklin’s Gull Larus pipixcan in Israel and the Middle East
 J. P. SMITH
67The first Upcher’s Warbler Hippolais languida in Cyprus
 A. CORSO
68Gourmet corvids of the Bosphorus
 DR A. KILIÇ
70REVIEWS & RECENT LITERATURE
  
76AROUND THE REGION
 Compiled by DAWN BALMER AND KEITH BETTON
Editor:Guy M. Kirwan & Michael Blair
Features EditorSituation Vacant
Assistant EditorDawn Balmer
Editorial CommitteePaul Goriup, Mike Jennings, Rodney Martins, Peter L. Meininger & Dr Stephen Newton
Photographic EditorPaul Doherty
Design & ProductionHarry I. Scott
Identification ConsultantsC. G. Bradshaw,Arnoud B. den Berg & Steve Madge