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
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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 |