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 45 (1) Spring 2023
Cover photo: Little Owl (‘Lilith Owlet’) Athene noctua lilith, south-east of Tafila, Southern Highlands, Jordan, September 2019. This issue contains an article on the status and distribution of owls in Jordan. © Fares Khoury
| 2 | Distribution and status of owls in Jordan. |
| Fares Khoury, Khaled Abu-Tayeh, Hazem Al-Hreisha, Shereen Dabbas, Ahmad Dheib, Roberto Massis & Raed Saleem | |
| 19 | The prinias of Eastern Arabia: separating Graceful Prinia Prinia gracilis and Delicate Prinia P. lepida. |
| Greg Askew | |
| 35 | A preliminary survey of the range, numbers and conservation needs of Little Bustards Tetrax tetrax wintering in Azerbaijan. |
| Zulfu Farajli & Elvin Mammadsoy | |
| 49 | A record of Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri from the United Arab Emirates confirmed by genetic analysis. |
| Oscar Campbell, Valentin Motteau, Thomas J Shannon, Tereza Senfeld, J Martin Collinson, Simon Lloyd, Theodore Burkett & Tommy Pedersen | |
| 59 | Birds of Kazakhstan – an update. |
| Arend Wassink | |
| 70 | Notes on the breeding of the Eurasian Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus in Saudi Arabia. |
| Mohammed Shobrak, Faisal Al Anazi, Fahad Alqanoon, Mohammad Alzoubi & Awad AlLami | |
| 79 | Diet of the Barn Owl Tyto alba from As Saqid Island, Farasan Archipelago, Saudi Arabia. |
| Ali Al Ahmary, Ahmed Al Obaid, Abdul Rahman Al Ghamdi, Faisal Shuraim, Sharif Al Jbour, Ahmad Al Boug & Zuhair S Amr | |
| 84 | Apparent population decline of Sooty Falcon Falco concolor in Israel. |
| Meidad Goren, Yoav Perlman & Michael McGrady | |
| 94 | The first confirmed nesting of Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus in the United Arab Emirates. |
| Nick P Williams, Siri Quade, Oscar Campbell & Peter Arras | |
| 102 | Changes in the birds of the Aladağlar Mountains, Türkiye, 1965-2022. |
| Anthony J Gaston | |
| 110 | First breeding attempt of Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus in Türkiye. |
| Lider Sinav & Cem Orkun Kiraç | |
| 113 | First record of Three-banded Plover Charadrius tricollaris in Lebanon. |
| Michel Sawan | |
| 115 | From the Rarities Committees. |
| Ian Harrison (Compiler) | |
| 124 | OSME Regional Round-up. |
| Simon Tull (Compiler) | |
| 134 | Letter from the Chairman. |
| Rob Sheldon | |
| 140 | Obituary: Peter Heathcote (1938-2022). |
| Paul Doherty | |
| 141 | Around the Region. |
| Ian Harrison, Jane Stylianou & Nick Watmough (Compilers) |