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 |