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 26 (1) Spring 2004
Sand Partridge Ammoperdix heyitaken by Paul Doherty in Israel in October
| 2 | OSME NEWS |
| 3 | NEWS AND INFORMATION |
| 6 | REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION |
| 7 | Breeding bird atlas of the Ponor Mountains, western Bulgaria |
| S. C. NIKOLOV AND V. P. VASSILEV | |
| 23 | Bubiyan Island: a rich Kuwait avifauna |
| E. RAMADAN, K. AL-NASRALLAH AND G. GREGORY | |
| 27 | PHOTOSPOT – Black Lark Melanocorypha yeltoniensis |
| A ROWLANDS | |
| 29 | Significant bird notes from Lebanon during 2002–03 |
| G. RAMADAN-JARADI, T. BARA, M. ALMÉCIJA AND M. RAMADAN-JARADI | |
| 35 | Breeding birds in central Arabia 1978–2003 |
| M. C. JENNINGS | |
| 48 | Four new bird species in Yemen from Socotra |
| S. J. ASPINALL, R. F. PORTER AND O. AL-SAGHIER | |
| 51 | Another Swinhoe’s Storm-petrel Oceanodroma monorhis at Eilat |
| B. GRANIT AND J. P. SMITH | |
| 53 | The first Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis in Israel |
| B. GRANIT AND J. P. SMITH | |
| 55 | Spectacled Warbler Sylvia conspicillata: a new breeding species for Turkey |
| G. AND H. WELCH | |
| 59 | Ornithological observations in eastern Yemen, February–March 2002 |
| C. TOURENQ, M. LAWRENCE, M. SALEH, J. BIN OMRAN AND M. AL-KHOBANI | |
| 60 | Range extensions and new information for some Iranian birds |
| A. KHALEGHIZADEH AND M. E. SEHHATI | |
| 62 | A Houbara Bustard Chlamydotis (undulata) macqueenii caught in Belgium and released in Saudi Arabia |
| J. JUDAS AND C. VELTER | |
| 65 | Breeding Striated Heron Butorides striatus in Israel |
| Y. PERLMAN | |
| 65 | The first Franklin’s Gull Larus pipixcan in Israel and the Middle East |
| J. P. SMITH | |
| 67 | The first Upcher’s Warbler Hippolais languida in Cyprus |
| A. CORSO | |
| 68 | Gourmet corvids of the Bosphorus |
| DR A. KILIÇ | |
| 70 | REVIEWS & RECENT LITERATURE |
| 76 | AROUND THE REGION |
| Compiled by DAWN BALMER AND KEITH BETTON |
| Editor: | Guy M. Kirwan & Michael Blair |
| Features Editor | Situation Vacant |
| Assistant Editor | Dawn Balmer |
| Editorial Committee | 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 |