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 28 (2) Autumn 2006
Pin-tailed Sandgrouse Pteroles alchata, wing-stretching, near Kibbutz Revivim in the Negev, Israel, 1 Mar 2006, taken by Rony Livne.
| 98 | EDITORIAL |
| 99 | OSME NEWS |
| 101 | NEWS AND INFORMATION |
| compiled by DAWN BALMER & KEITH BETTON | |
| 106 | Ringing four breeding waterbird species at Lake Tashk |
| M. E. SEHHATISBET, M. BALOUCH, A. BAHMAN-POUR, A. KHALEGHIZADEH & Z. ELAHI-RAD | |
| 114 | Autumn 2004 raptor migration in the Novosibirsk region and the Kuznetsky Alatau, Russia |
| J. PROBST & M. PAVLICEV | |
| 119 | Observations on the avifauna of the eastern Jordan valley, during july-August 2005 |
| F. KHOURY, K. AL-OMARI, J. AZAR & I. AL-HASANI | |
| 127 | Sabkhat al-Jabbul, a Threatened Ramsar Wetland in Syria |
| G. SERRA, D. MURDOCH, F. TURKELBOOM, F. TRAVERT, Y. MUJAWER & D. A. SCOTT | |
| 142 | Distribution and population size of Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca in Iran |
| J. MANSOORI | |
| 146 | Further significant extensions of migrant distribution and breeding and wintering ranges in Iran for over 60 species |
| M. E. SEHHATISBET, S. B. MUSAVI, P. BAKHTIARI, D. MOGHADDAS, N. HAMIDI, B. NEZAMI & A. KHALEGHIZADEH | |
| 156 | Status and distribution of selected bird species on the Russian-Kazakhstan border northwest of the Caspian Sea |
| V. Y. ARKHIPOV | |
| 161 | A note on predatory and parasitic behaviour of Stercorarius skuas migrating off Muscat, Oman |
| K. SCHJØLBERG | |
| 163 | Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos nesting on Mount Erciyes, Kayseri Province, Turkey |
| T. BRUSH | |
| 164 | The first record of Barn Owl Tyto alba north of Mount Alburz, northern Iran |
| D. MOGHADAS & K. RABIEE | |
| 165 | First confirmed record of Eagle Owl Bubo bubo for Lebanon, 2004 |
| R. PRIOR & P. BAYLE | |
| 167 | Prey species of Eagle Owl Bubo bubo in Lebanon |
| P. BAYLE & R. PRIOR | |
| 168 | Prey-exchange and hunting techniques of Sooty Falcons Falco concolor in Muscat, Oman |
| K. SCHJØLBERG | |
| 171 | The first Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea in Kuwait |
| K. AL-GHANEM | |
| 172 | The first Black-throated Thrush Turdus ruficolis atrogularis in Turkey |
| E. YOGURTCOUGLU | |
| 173 | First breeding record of Trumpeter Finch Rhodopechys [Bucanetes] githagineus in Syria |
| G. SERRA, M. ABDALLAH & G. AL-QAIMM | |
| 174 | Some notes on raptors and other birds from Afghanistan in autumn 2005 |
| P. KOWATSCH & R. PROBST | |
| 176 | Bird Sites of the OSME Region – 1 and 2 |
| N. MORAN | |
| 179 | Possible first Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica in Iran and the Middle East |
| M. E. SEHHATISBET | |
| 180 | PHOTO SPOT Georgia |
| K. DE ROUK | |
| 181 | Dark finches found at Ilam, Iran |
| S. B. MUSAVI | |
| 182 | REVIEWS & RECENT LITERATURE |
| 183 | LETTER TO THE EDITOR – |
| COLIN RICHARDSON | |
| 184 | AROUND THE REGION |
| Compiled by DAWN BALMER AND KEITH BETTON |
| Editor: | Michael Blair OSME Editor |
| Features Editor | Situation Vacant |
| Assistant Editor | Dawn Balmer |
| Editorial Committee | Paul Goriup, Mike Jennings, Simon Aspinall, 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 |