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 29 (2) Autumn 2007
White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis, April 2006, Syria, taken by Aurelien Audevarde.
| 114 | OSME NEWS |
| 114 | NEWS AND INFORMATION |
| 119 | REVIEWS & RECENT LITERATURE |
| 122 | AROUND THE REGION |
| Compiled by DAWN BALMER AND KEITH BETTON | |
| 129 | Roosting harriers in the Aammiq wetland, Lebanon |
| MARIUS P TEEUW & COLIN CONROY | |
| 135 | Studies of Socotran birds IV. Synonymization of six endemic bird taxa, with comments on the nameOnychognathus blythii creaghi |
| GUY M KIRWAN | |
| 149 | The ornithological regime in the Sudochie wetland, Uzbekistan |
| ELENA KREUZBERG-MUKHINA& YEVGENIYA LANOVENKO | |
| 167 | A six-month survey of waterbirds in the Alagol and Kiashahr wetlands, Northern Iran, in the 2002-2003 winter |
| OLYAGHOLI KHALILIPOUR, BEHROUZ BEHROUZI-RAD & ABOLGHASEM KHALEGHIZADEH | |
| 177 | Wintering of Greater Spotted Aquila clanga and Eastern Imperial Eagles A. heliaca in the Arabian Peninsula |
| DR GR LOBLEY | |
| 183 | Skua (Catharacta, Stercorarius) occurrence in the OSME Region |
| VLADIMIR ARKHIPOV & MICHAEL BLAIR | |
| 205 | The first breeding record of Thick-billed Lark Ramphocoris clotbey in Kuwait and concomitant behavioural observations |
| ST SPENCER, CWT PILCHER & PJ COWAN | |
| 208 | Ringing four breeding waterbird species at Lake Tashk, Iran – supplemental data |
| MOHAMMAD BALOUCH, ZAHRA ELAHI-RAD & MOHAMMAD E SEHHATISABET | |
| 210 | Basra Reed Warbler Acrocephalus griseldis in the Hula Valley, Israel, in 2006 |
| YOAV PERLMAN & AMIT GEFFEN | |
| 214 | First record of Basra Reed Warbler Acrocephalus griseldis for Syria |
| PIERRE YÉSOU, GUY FLOHART & DAVID MURDOCH | |
| 216 | Recent decisions by the Oman Bird Records Committee – an update on first records for the Sultanate of Oman |
| IAN HARRISON | |
| 218 | Iris Colour in Common Babbler Turdoides caudatus |
| GEORGE GREGORY & KHALID AL-NASRALLAH | |
| 219 | Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni in habitat around Mar Saba Monastery, Jerusalem wilderness, Palestine |
| SAMI BACKLEH & IMAD ATRASH | |
| 221 | A small colony of Purple Heron Ardea purpurea on Bahrif Island, Nile valley, Aswan – a new breeding species for Egypt? |
| DICK HOEK |
| Editor: | Michael Blair OSME Editor |
| Features Editor | Situation Vacant |
| Assistant Editor | Situation Vacant |
| Editorial Committee | Paul Goriup, Mike Jennings, Simon Aspinall, Dr Stephen Newton |
| Photographic Editor | Paul Doherty |
| Design & Production | Harry I. Scott |
| Identification Consultants | C. G. Bradshaw,Arnoud B. van den Berg & Steve Madge |