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
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The status of European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola in the Islamic Republic of Iran .
GUY M KIRWAN & JOHN M BATES
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The natural history of the Nubian Nightjar Caprimulgus nubicus in Israel .
YOAV PERLMAN
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Birds of the Badia region of Jordan .
MICK GREEN & CHRIS THOMAS
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Barn Owl Tyto alba breeding success in man-made structures in the Jordan Rift valley, Israel .
KOBI MEYROM, YOSSI LESHEM & MOTTI CHARTER
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Pied Bushchat Saxicola caprata – a new species for Egypt .
KAI GAUGER & CHRISTOPH VOLLM
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Storks and frogs at Lake Uluabat, Turkey .
GEOFF & HILARY WELCH
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The first records of Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea and Black Tern Chlidonias niger in Kuwait .
ABDULRAHMAN AL-SIRHAN
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Habitats and foraging of Hooded Wheatears Oenanthe monacha in Jordan .
FARES KHOURY & MARC I FORSCHLER
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Anthropogenic impacts on the Desert Larks Ammomanes deserti of Jebel Hafit, Abu Dhabi Emirate .
PJ COWAN
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Bird Sites of the OSME Region 5 – Birdwatching in the Meriç delta in NW Turkey .
OLIVIER DOCHY
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The occurrence of Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhyncus in Uzbekistan and Tajikistan and its status in Central Asia .
MANUEL SCHWEIZER & MAXIM MITROPOLSKIY
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A case of polygamy or co-operative breeding in the Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus in Israel .
MOTTI CHARTER, YOSSI LESHEM, IDO IZHAKI & SHAY HALEVI
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Turkey Bird Report 2002–06 .
GUY M KIRWAN, METEHAN OZEN & BARBAROS DEMIRCI (COMPILERS)
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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
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First winter record of Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhyncus for Israel .
MIKOLAJ KOSS, NOAM WEISS & REUVEN YOSEF
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Photospot – Pander’s Ground Jay Podoces panderi .
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Reviews
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OSME News .
KEITH BETTON
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News & Information .
DAWN BALMER (COMPILER)
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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
