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 24 (2) 2002
Red-tailed Wheatear Oenanthe xanthoprymna, taken by Tim Loseby.
| 82 | OSME NEWS |
| 84 | NEWS AND INFORMATION |
| compiled by GUY M. KIRWAN | |
| 87 | REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION |
| 88 | Identification, plumages, taxonomy and biology of Arabian Warbler Sylvia leucomelaena |
| HADORAM SHIRIHAI, GABRIEL GARGALLO, ANDREAS HELBIG, ALAN HARRIS AND DAVID COTTRIDGE | |
| 105 | The discovery of a breeding colony of Jouanin’s Petrel Bulweria fallax on Socotra, Yemen |
| NADIM MOHAMED ABDULLAH TALEB | |
| 109 | Current state of the Great Bustard Otis tarda wintering population in south Ukraine |
| YURIY ANDRYUSHCHENKO | |
| 117 | Observations on the breeding biology and population of Socotra Cisticola Cisticola haesitatus |
| KAREL STASTNY AND VLADIMÍR BEJCEK | |
| 122 | The captive origin of bird species in Kuwait |
| GEORGE GREGORY | |
| 130 | Age at first breeding of Lammergeier Gypaetus barbatus |
| STAVROS XIROUCHAKIS AND COSTAS GRIVAS | |
| 135 | The first breeding record of Striated Heron Butorides striatus in Israel |
| REUVEN YOSEF, MARTIN RYDBERG-HEDAEN, LYNETTE MITCHELL AND HENK SMIT | |
| 136 | The first records, including breeding, of Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus in Iraq |
| MUDHAFAR A. SALIM | |
| 138 | Interspecific interaction between Lammergeier Gypaetus barbatus and Black Vulture Aegypius monachus: predation or kleptoparasitism? |
| ANTONI MARGALIDA AND RAFAEL HEREDIA | |
| 140 | Melanistic Levant Sparrowhawk Accipiter brevipes in south-west Bulgaria |
| BORIS P. NIKOLOV | |
| 141 | An unusual record of a European Bee-eater Merops apiaster from Eilat-inside a Tiger Shark Galeocerdo cuvier |
| REUVEN YOSEF, DAVID ZAKAI, MARTIN RYDBERG-HEDAEN AND RUBEN NIKOLAJSEN | |
| 142 | Second breeding record of Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius in Eilat |
| REUVEN YOSEF | |
| 144 | The first Mongolian Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes mongolicus in Armenia |
| ROY BEDDARD, VASIL ANANIAN AND MARK FINN | |
| 147 | Further significant bird records from south-east Iran |
| DAMIAN NOWAK AND KONRAD ALI SACHANOWICZ | |
| 149 | PHOTOSPOT Birds of Birecik |
| GUY M. KIRWAN | |
| 154 | REVIEWS & RECENT LITERATURE |
| 156 | AROUND THE REGION |
| Compiled by DAWN BALMER AND KEITH BETTON |
| Editor: | Guy M. Kirwan |
| Features Editor | Situation Vacant |
| Assistant Editor | Situation Vacant |
| 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 |