Sandgrouse 27 2

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 27 (2) Autumn 2005

Sandgrouse Cover 27 (2)

(Greater) Spotted Eagle Aquila clanga taken by Hadoram Shirihai at Hola, Israel, October 2002

98OSME NEWS
  
99NEWS AND INFORMATION
 compiled by GUY M. KIRWAN
104A long-term bird survey in the central Syrian desert (2000-2004): Part 2 – a provisional annotated checklist
 G. SERRA, G. AL QAIM, M.S. ABDALLAH, A. KANANI & A.K. ASSAED
126Recent changes in the status and distribution of birds in Libya
 J. GASKELL
139The Birds of Kralkizi Dam (Diyarbakir), Southeast Turkey
 R. KARAKAS & A. KILIC
147The first Black-billed Wood Doves Turtur abyssinicus in Yemen and the Middle East
 D.B. STANTON
148An early specimen of Richard’s Pipit Anthus richardi from Syria?
 G.M. KIRWAN
149An unusually-coloured White-cheeked Tern Sterna repressa and its offspring: a case of colour inversion?
 S. JAVED & S. KHAN
150Wintering Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria in southeastern Anatolia
 R. KARAKAS & M. BIRICIK
152Breeding success of Brown-necked ravens Corvus ruficollis in the Mahazat as-Sayd Protected Area, Saudi Arabia
 M. SHOBRAK
157On the distribution of Red-tailed wheatear Oenanthe chrysopygia (de Fillipi, 1863) in Armenia
 V. ANANIAN & M. GHASABIAN
160Heron breeding records in Cyprus 2003-2004
 D.J. WHALEY & J.C. DAWES
162Plumage deviation in the left wing of Common Swift Apus apus
 U. TIGGES & Y. CORNFELD
163First record of Pin-tailed Sandgrouse Pterocles alchata for Egypt since 1917?
 I. WASCHKIES, C. SCHMIDT & J. DJERF
164Photographs of Namaqua Dove Oena capensis (a first for Turkey) and Pallid Scops-Owl Otus brucei
 S. & F. VEYRUNES
165Second clutches by Common Kestrels Falco tinnunculus breeding on buildings in Israel
 M. CHARTER, A. BOUSKILA & Y. LESHEM
168REVIEWS & RECENT LITERATURE
  
170AROUND THE REGION
 Compiled by DAWN BALMER AND KEITH BETTON
Editor:Michael Blair OSME Editor
Features EditorSituation Vacant
Assistant EditorDawn Balmer
Editorial CommitteePaul Goriup, Mike Jennings, Simon Aspinall, Peter L. Meininger & Dr Stephen Newton
Photographic EditorPaul Doherty
Design & ProductionHarry I. Scott
Identification ConsultantsC. G. Bradshaw,Arnoud B. den Berg & Steve Madge