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 22 (1) Spring 2000
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Grey Heron Ardea cinerea, taken by Hanne & Jens Eriksen at Al Ansab, Oman.
2 | OSME NEWS |
2 | NEWS AND INFORMATION |
5 | REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION |
6 | Why has Sardinian Warbler Sylvia melanocephala invaded Cyprus? |
VIC COZENS, PETER STEWART AND DEREK POMEROY | |
10 | Jezreel Valley, Israel – more than just raptors |
HADORAM SHIRIHAI AND JAMES P. SMITH | |
12 | PROFILE Dr. Omar Al-Sagheir |
DEREK HARVEY | |
12 | TURKEY BIRD REPORT |
Edited by G.M. KIRWAN AND R.P. MARTINS | |
36 | A baseline survey of Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni in south-east Kazakstan, April – May 1997 |
STEPHEN J. PARR, SERGEI SKLYARENKO, SERGEI BROKHOVICH, JANE BROOKHOUSE, PAUL N. COLLIN AND BORJA HEREDIA | |
44 | Is Sardinian Warbler Sylvia melanocephala displacing Cyprus Warbler Sylvia melanothorax in Cyprus? |
DEREK POMEROY AND FRANK WALSH | |
50 | Range expansion and current breeding distribution of River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis in Bulgaria |
DIMITAR N. NANKINOV | |
55 | The status of Great Bustard Otis tarda in Iran |
HAMID AMINI TAREH | |
61 | PHOTOSPOT Dead Sea Sparrow in Turkey |
G. M. KIRWAN AND R. P. MARTINS | |
64 | The impact of drought conditions on the winter distribution and population of Syrian Serin Serinus syricaus in south-west Jordan |
DR FARES KHOURY | |
67 | The first Three-banded Plover Charadrius tricollaris in Egypt and the Western Palearctic |
RICHARD HOATH | |
68 | The first Namaqua Dove Oena capensis in Cyprus |
CHRIS AND DENISE LAMSDELL | |
69 | The first Common Myna Acridotheres tristis in Egypt |
LINDA MILLINGTON | |
71 | Interesting ornithological observations from Yemen in spring 1998 |
PHIL HANSBORO AND DAVE SARGEANT | |
74 | The limits of the Western Palearctic |
MAGNUS ULLMAN | |
76 | REVIEWS & RECENT LITERATURE |
78 | AROUND THE REGION |
Compiled by CHRIS G. BRADSHAW |
Editor: | Guy M. Kirwan |
Features Editor | Derek Harvey |
Assistant Editor | Ian J. Andrews |
Editorial Committee | Mikael Blair, Paul Goriup, Ben Hoare, 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 |