Sandgrouse

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 45 (2) Autumn 2023

Cover photo: Syrian Serin Serinus syriacus, Lebanon. This issue of Sandgrouse contains two articles on this globally threatened species. © Fouad Itani.

162Surveys of Syrian Serin Serinus syriacus in Lebanon in 2021.
 Ghassan Ramadan-Jaradi, Fouad Itani, Soumar Dakdouk & James WT Hogg
176Wintering Syrian Serins Serinus syriacus in Prince Mohammed bin Salman Royal Reserve, Saudi Arabia.
 Stephen Wilson, William Connock, Tristan Evans, Joshua Smithson, Ricardo O Ramalho & David Wells
183Nesting of Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus in the United Arab Emirates 2021–2023 and an overview of the species’ status.
 Nasir Almehrezi, Oscar Campbell & Mark Smiles
192The first breeding records of Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii on Socotra, Yemen, and in Arabia.
 Ahmed Saeed Suleiman
196Trade in exotic birds in the West Bank, Palestinian Territories.
 Elias Nabil Handal, Saed Lorance Al-Shomali & Zuhair Sami Amr
205Current status of breeding bird species in the Gediz delta, Türkiye.
 Şafak Arslan, Ahmet Kaya, Adem Akyol, Mehmet Kaya & Özge Yaylali
213A late nineteenth-century record of Slender-billed Curlew Numenius tenuirostris from Israel.
 Alexander L Bond & Jeremiah Trimble
215Suspected decline in the breeding population of Sooty Falcons Falco concolor on the islands of northern Oman.
 Michael J McGrady, Taimur Al Said & Hamood Al Neri
221A brief survey of breeding birds at Wadi Gimal island IBA, Egypt.
 Xavier Gitre
228Recent summer records of White-headed Ducks Oxyura leucocephala in Azerbaijan.
 Zulfu Farajli & Elman Imanov
232Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica – a new breeding species for Armenia.
 Karen Aghababyan & Roman Slobodyanik
235First breeding record of Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis in Lebanon.
 Michel Sawan
237First record of Hypocolius Hypocolius ampelinus in Syria.
 Ahmad E Aidek
238Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus nesting in the United Arab Emirates: earlier breeding records.
 Colin Richardson
239From the Rarities Committees.
 Ian Harrison (Compiler)
250Regional Round-up.
 Simon Tull (Compiler)
263Obituary: Derek Scott (1944-2022).
 Richard Porter
265Obituary: Peter Hellyer (1947-2023).
 Oscar Campbell
268Around the Region.
 Ian Harrison, Jane Stylianou & Nick Watmough (Compilers)

EditorDr Paul Donald Sandgrouse editor.
Editorial
Board
AbdulRahman Al-Sirhan (Kuwait), Dr Raffael Ayé (Switzerland), Jem Babbington (Saudi Arabia, photo consultant) Arnoud van den Berg (Netherlands), Michael Blair (UK), Chris Bradshaw (UK), Dr Gary Brown (Germany), Oscar Campbell (UAE), Peter Castell (UK), Pia Fetting (Germany), Peter Flint (UK), Dr Robert Flood (UK), Paul Goriup (UK), Jens Hering (Germany), Mike Jennings (UK), Dr Abolghasem Khaleghizadeh (Iran), Dr Fares Khoury (Jordan), Dr Alan Knox (UK), Andrew Lassey (UK), Dr Mike McGrady (Austria), Dr Stephen Newton (Ireland), Yoav Perlman (Israel), Aasheesh Pittie (India), Richard Porter (UK), Hana Ahmed Raza (Iraq), Colin Richardson (Cyprus), Anna Sandor (Hungary), Dr Manuel Schweizer (Switzerland), Dr Derek Scott (UK), Dr Robert Sheldon (UK), Dr Ruth Tingay (UK), Arend Wassink (Netherlands), Geoff Welch (France)