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 25 (1) Spring 2003
Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus taken by Hadoram Shirihai at Gamla Gorge Nature Reserve, Israel, autumn 2002
| 2 | OSME NEWS |
| 4 | NEWS AND INFORMATION |
| compiled by GUY M. KIRWAN | |
| 8 | Turkey Bird Report 1997 – 2001 |
| EDITED BY GUY M. KIRWAN, METEHAN ÖZEN, BAHTIYAR KURT AND R. P. MARTINS | |
| 32 | How much do we know about the Caucasian Black Grouse Tetrao mlokosiewiczi? |
| RAMAZ GOKHELASHVILI, KERRY P. REESE AND LEXO GAVASHELISHVILI | |
| 41 | The current breeding status of Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca in Azerbaijan |
| ELCHIN SULTANOV AND NIGAR AGAYEVA | |
| 49 | The spatial and tempoal behaviour of a Common Swift |
| ULRICH TIGGES | |
| 53 | Observations on birds in Tajikistan, April – May 1997 |
| DAVID MURDOCH | |
| 59 | Some unusual patterns of bird migration in Uzbekistan |
| ELENA KREUZBERG-MUKHINA | |
| 63 | The first Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis in Bulgaria |
| DIMITAR N. RAGYOV, LUDMILLA G. POPOVA-WIGHTMAN, KONSTANTIN S. POPOV, SVETLA Y. DALAKCHIEVA, BORIS P. NIKOLOV AND IVAILO P. NIKOLOV | |
| 65 | The first Long-tailed Duck Clangula hymemalis in Armenia |
| VASIL ANANIAN AND PETER DE ROUW | |
| 67 | The first records of Grey-headed Gull Larus cirrocephalus in Egypt |
| JOHAN ELMBERG AND LOTHAR MÜLLER | |
| 69 | The first Radde’s Accentor Prunella ocularis in Lebanon |
| THIERRY BARA | |
| 70 | REVIEWS & RECENT LITERATURE |
| 76 | AROUND THE REGION |
| Compiled by DAWN BALMER AND KEITH BETTON |
| Editor: | Guy M. Kirwan |
| Features Editor | Situation Vacant |
| Assistant Editor | Dawn Balmer |
| 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 |