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
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 |