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 (2) Autumn 2008 Cover photo: Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus . © Lior Kislev
113 Content page. 114 The status of European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola in the Islamic Republic of Iran . GUY M KIRWAN & JOHN M BATES 117 The natural history of the Nubian Nightjar Caprimulgus nubicus in Israel . YOAV PERLMAN 125 Birds of the Badia region of Jordan . MICK GREEN & CHRIS THOMAS 134 Barn Owl Tyto alba breeding success in man-made structures in the Jordan Rift valley, Israel . KOBI MEYROM, YOSSI LESHEM & MOTTI CHARTER 138 Pied Bushchat Saxicola caprata – a new species for Egypt . KAI GAUGER & CHRISTOPH VOLLM 140 Storks and frogs at Lake Uluabat, Turkey . GEOFF & HILARY WELCH 144 The first records of Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea and Black Tern Chlidonias niger in Kuwait . ABDULRAHMAN AL-SIRHAN 146 Habitats and foraging of Hooded Wheatears Oenanthe monacha in Jordan . FARES KHOURY & MARC I FORSCHLER 150 Anthropogenic impacts on the Desert Larks Ammomanes deserti of Jebel Hafit, Abu Dhabi Emirate . PJ COWAN 153 Bird Sites of the OSME Region 5 – Birdwatching in the Meriç delta in NW Turkey . OLIVIER DOCHY 161 The occurrence of Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhyncus in Uzbekistan and Tajikistan and its status in Central Asia . MANUEL SCHWEIZER & MAXIM MITROPOLSKIY 164 A case of polygamy or co-operative breeding in the Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus in Israel . MOTTI CHARTER, YOSSI LESHEM, IDO IZHAKI & SHAY HALEVI 166 Turkey Bird Report 2002–06 . GUY M KIRWAN, METEHAN OZEN & BARBAROS DEMIRCI (COMPILERS) 190 Recent surveys of resident breeding birds in the St Katherine Protectorate, south Sinai, Egypt . MATTHEW LJ WHITE, ALAA EI MOHAMMED, NICO S DAUPHINE, FRANCIS S GILBERT, SAMY ZALAT & HILARY GILBERT 201 First winter record of Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhyncus for Israel . MIKOLAJ KOSS, NOAM WEISS & REUVEN YOSEF 204 Photospot – Pander’s Ground Jay Podoces panderi .205 Reviews 209 OSME News . KEITH BETTON 210 News & Information . DAWN BALMER (COMPILER) 214 Around the Region . DAWN BALMER & KEITH BETTON (COMPILERS)
Editor: Dr Peter Cowan OSME Editor , Department of Biological Sciences and Chemistry, University of Nizwa, Sultanate of Oman Assistant Editor Michael Blair Editorial Advisors Simon Aspinall, Paul Goriup, Mike Jennings, Dr Stephen Newton Photographic Editor Paul Doherty Reviews Editor Keith Betton Identification Consultants Arnoud van den Berg, Chris Bradshaw, Steve Madge, Richard Porter
