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
(Greater) Spotted Eagle Aquila clanga taken by Hadoram Shirihai at Hola, Israel, October 2002
| 98 | OSME NEWS |
| 99 | NEWS AND INFORMATION |
| compiled by GUY M. KIRWAN | |
| 104 | A 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 | |
| 126 | Recent changes in the status and distribution of birds in Libya |
| J. GASKELL | |
| 139 | The Birds of Kralkizi Dam (Diyarbakir), Southeast Turkey |
| R. KARAKAS & A. KILIC | |
| 147 | The first Black-billed Wood Doves Turtur abyssinicus in Yemen and the Middle East |
| D.B. STANTON | |
| 148 | An early specimen of Richard’s Pipit Anthus richardi from Syria? |
| G.M. KIRWAN | |
| 149 | An unusually-coloured White-cheeked Tern Sterna repressa and its offspring: a case of colour inversion? |
| S. JAVED & S. KHAN | |
| 150 | Wintering Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria in southeastern Anatolia |
| R. KARAKAS & M. BIRICIK | |
| 152 | Breeding success of Brown-necked ravens Corvus ruficollis in the Mahazat as-Sayd Protected Area, Saudi Arabia |
| M. SHOBRAK | |
| 157 | On the distribution of Red-tailed wheatear Oenanthe chrysopygia (de Fillipi, 1863) in Armenia |
| V. ANANIAN & M. GHASABIAN | |
| 160 | Heron breeding records in Cyprus 2003-2004 |
| D.J. WHALEY & J.C. DAWES | |
| 162 | Plumage deviation in the left wing of Common Swift Apus apus |
| U. TIGGES & Y. CORNFELD | |
| 163 | First record of Pin-tailed Sandgrouse Pterocles alchata for Egypt since 1917? |
| I. WASCHKIES, C. SCHMIDT & J. DJERF | |
| 164 | Photographs of Namaqua Dove Oena capensis (a first for Turkey) and Pallid Scops-Owl Otus brucei |
| S. & F. VEYRUNES | |
| 165 | Second clutches by Common Kestrels Falco tinnunculus breeding on buildings in Israel |
| M. CHARTER, A. BOUSKILA & Y. LESHEM | |
| 168 | REVIEWS & RECENT LITERATURE |
| 170 | AROUND THE REGION |
| Compiled by DAWN BALMER AND KEITH BETTON |
| Editor: | Michael Blair OSME Editor |
| Features Editor | Situation Vacant |
| Assistant Editor | Dawn Balmer |
| Editorial Committee | Paul Goriup, Mike Jennings, Simon Aspinall, 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 |