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 30 (1) Spring 2008
Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus Hula, Israel 4 Oct 2002 � Hadoram Shirihai
| 2 | Editorial |
| 3 | OSME NEWS |
| 6 | NEWS AND INFORMATION |
| 14 | AROUND THE REGION |
| Compiled by DAWN BALMER AND KEITH BETTON | |
| 22 | Revised checklist of the birds of Lebanon 1999-2007 |
| Ghassan Ramadan-Jaradi, Thierry Bara & Mona Ramadan-Jaradi | |
| 70 | Observations from 1998 – 2006 on the breeding population of Sooty Falcons Falco concolor on the Hawar Islands, Kingdom of Bahrain |
| Brendan Kavanagh & Howard King | |
| 77 | Outward (autumn) bird migration at the Southeastern Peninsula and Cape Greco, Cyprus: the phenologies of regular migrants |
| Tobias Roth | |
| 90 | The first Namaqua Dove Oena capensis for Lebanon? |
| Tomas Haraldsson | |
| 90 | An observation of Eurasian Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatartes in Syria? |
| Hans Ottelin | |
| 91 | Crepuscular foraging by Hoopoe Larks Alaemon alaudipes in the Kuwait summer |
| P J Cowan | |
| 93 | Observations in Jerusalem of Common Swift Apus apus on the approach to the nest-site in high winds |
| Ulrich Tigges | |
| 94 | Two new records for Arabia, autumn 2006 |
| Nick Moran | |
| 97 | Are migration pathways of European Honey Buzzards Pernis apivorus passing over Cyprus age-related? |
| Nicolantonio Agostini & Michele Panuccio | |
| 100 | The first Namaqua Dove Oena capensis in Iraq |
| Mudhafar A Salim | |
| 102 | Bird-trapping in Syrian oases; the ‘fig-bird’ trade |
| David Murdoch | |
| 104 | Bird Sites of the OSME Region – 4. El Gouna, near Hurghada, Egypt |
| Kai Gauger & Christoph Vollm | |
| 108 | First record of Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes for Turkey |
| Kiraz Erciyas, Pinar ozcam, Nizamettin Yavuz, Sadik Demirtas & Ozden Saglam | |
| 111 | PhotoSpot- 1. Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens japonicus. 2. Common Crane Grus grus and Demoiselle Crane Anthropoides virgo in formation. |
| Amir Ben Dov |
| 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 van den Berg, Steve Madge |