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 48 (1) Spring 2026
Cover photo: Streak-throated Swallow Petrochelidon fluvicola, Ayn Hamran, Oman © Eduard Sangster.
| 2 | The identity of the Lesser Short-toed Larks Alaudala rufescens (senso lato) breeding in northeastern Saudi Arabia. |
| Oscar Campbell & Simon Lloyd | |
| 12 | Uzbekistan: Addition of Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax, Greater Hoopoe-Lark Alaemon alaudipes and Red-tailed Wheatear Oenanthe chrysopygia to species list (and three additional new regional species). |
| Martin Grienenberger | |
| 16 | Records of Black Kite Milvus Migrans from a new wintering site in Southeastern Anatolia, Türkiye. |
| Recep Karakaş | |
| 26 | Booted Warbler Iduna caligata at Wadi El Rayan: first record for Egypt. |
| Basem Rabia & Mahmoud Elshamy | |
| 30 | Birds and biodiversity in the Ayvalik Islands, Türkiye. |
| Li̇der Si̇nav, Kadri̇ Kaya, Esra Başak, Öznur Kahra | |
| 43 | Recent observations of Mongolian Finch Bucanetes mongolicus in Armenia. |
| Emmanuel Naudot, Anna Yargina, Kseniia Marianna Prondzynsk & Karen Aghababyan | |
| 48 | Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata in Oman: first record for the country and the Western Palearctic. |
| Romual Cisakowski | |
| 50 | First record of Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula from the northwestern coast of Saudi Arabia, with a compilation of national records. |
| Paulo Alves, Diogo F. Ferreira, José Carlos Brito, Magdy El-Bana, Ahmed Al-Ansari, Omar Al-Attas, Ana P. Coelho | |
| 54 | From the Rarities Committees. |
| Ian Harrison (Compiler) | |
| 64 | OSME Regional Round-up |
| Simon Tull (Compiler) | |
| 78 | Book reviews. |
| Rob Sheldon | |
| 80 | Obituary |
| Steve Rowland | |
| 81 | Around the Region |
| Ian Harrison, Jane Stylianou & Simon Tull (Compilers) |