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 23 (1) Spring 2001
Steppe Buzzard Buteo buteo, taken by Paul Doherty at Eilat, Israel, March 1989.
| 2 | OSME NEWS |
| 3 | NEWS AND INFORMATION |
| compiled by DEREK MOORE AND GUY M. KIRWAN | |
| 7 | REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION |
| 10 | Radde’s Accentor Prunella ocularis in northern Iran |
| KEN G. ROGERS | |
| 18 | Lesbos: an eastern Mediterranean hotspot |
| DAWN BALMER | |
| 25 | PHOTOSPOT The Pelicans of the Ile River Delta |
| SIMON BUSUTIL | |
| 28 | The autumn raptor flyway in western Arabia north of the Taif Escarpment |
| BRIAN S. MEADOWS | |
| 34 | Reduction of bird shooting in Kuwait |
| GEORGE GREGORY, PETER ROBERTSON & BARRY THOMAS | |
| 39 | The occurrence of Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis in Egypt |
| ANDREW GRIEVE, MINDY BAHA EL DIN & SHERIF BAHA EL DIN | |
| 44 | Some interesting bird observations from the coast of Iran, January-February 2000 |
| GUIDO O. KEIJL, TOM VAN DER HAVE, JAMSHID MANSOORI & VLADIMIR V. MOROZOV | |
| 49 | Notes on the breeding biology of some Arabian birds |
| PETER CASTELL, JEFFORY COBURN, BERNARD PLEASANCE & STEVEN WILLIAMS | |
| 59 | Departure and arrival of Common Swift Apus apus in Tel Aviv, Isreal, in 1999-2000 |
| ULRICH TIGGES | |
| 59 | Prostrate desert gourd plants as apparent cooling sites for larks in the heat of the day |
| P. J. COWAN & G. M. BROWN | |
| 61 | The first Dunnock Prunella modularis in Kuwait |
| MIKE REED & TONY CROSS | |
| 62 | The first Black Bush Robin Cercotrichas podobe in Egypt |
| MINDY BAHA EL DIN & SHERIF BAHA EL DIN | |
| 64 | Notes on the breeding biology of Cyprus Warbler Sylvia melanothorax |
| PETER CASTELL | |
| 66 | Breeding Pale Rock Sparrow Carpospiza brachydactyla in the Samarian Hills and Judaen Desert, Israel |
| PHILIP GRIFFIN, ASAF MAYROSE & IDO TSURIM | |
| 67 | The first Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica in Egypt |
| TOMMY PEDERSEN | |
| 68 | The breeding ecology of Syrian Serin Serinus syriacus in Jordan |
| DR FARES KHOURY | |
| 70 | PROFILE Peter Stewart & Peter Flint |
| DEREK HARVEY | |
| 72 | REVIEWS & RECENT LITERATURE |
| 76 | AROUND THE REGION |
| Compiled by GUY M. KIRWAN |
| Editor: | Guy M. Kirwan |
| Features Editor | Derek Harvey |
| Assistant Editor | Ian J. Andrews |
| Editorial Committee | Mikael Blair, 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 |