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