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 37 (2) Autumn 2015

Cover photo: Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis, Al Qurum park, Muscat, Oman, November 2011. © Andrew Adams
130 | Records of Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola in Turkey and evidence for a monotypic taxon. |
Jens Hering, Martin Flade & Michael Wink | |
137 | Monitoring landbird populations in western Cyprus with particular reference to Paphos District. |
Derek Pomeroy & Frank Walsh | |
160 | New record of Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis for Iran. |
Meysam Ghasemi & Abolghasem Khaleghizadeh | |
161 | Avian powerline mortalities, including Asian Houbaras Chlamydotis macqueenii, on the Central Asian flyway in Uzbekistan. |
Robert J Burnside, Nigel J Collar, Maxim A Koshkin & Paul M Dolman | |
169 | Red-backed Shrikes Lanius collurio: first record(s) for Afghanistan. |
Mark Mallalieu & Peter Kaestner | |
171 | Colour aberration in Horned Larks Eremophila alpestris albigula observed in Kyrgyzstan. |
Rolf Nessing | |
172 | First records of Asian Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus (rubescens) japonicus in Azerbaijan. |
Michael Heiss | |
177 | First record of Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra for Oman. |
John Atkins, Alma Garrido, Hanne & Jens Eriksen | |
180 | First two records of Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula and first records of Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris and Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax for over 14 and 56 years respectively, for Lebanon. |
Ghassan Ramadan-Jaradi, Assad Serhal & Fouad Itani | |
183 | Birds in Kabul, Afghanistan, 2012–2014. |
Mark Mallalieu | |
199 | First record of White-headed Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava leucocephala for Azerbaijan. |
Michael Heiss & Friedrich Eidam | |
202 | Corrigendum |
203 | From the Rarities Committees. |
Ian Harrison (compiler) | |
211 | Letter to the Editor: Basra Reed Warbler claims. |
212 | Around the Region. |
Ian Harrison & Chris Lamsdell (compilers) |
Editor: | Dr Peter Cowan OSME Editor, Department of Biological Sciences and Chemistry, University of Nizwa, Sultanate of Oman |
Editorial Advisors | Vasil Ananian, Paul Goriup, Mike Jennings, Dr Fares Khoury, Guy Kirwan, Dr Mike McGrady, Dr Stephen Newton, Arend Wassink |
Photographic Editor | Paul Doherty |
Identification Consultants | Arnoud van den Berg, Chris Bradshaw, Andrew Lassey, Richard Porter |