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 (2) Autumn 2023
Cover photo: Syrian Serin Serinus syriacus, Lebanon. This issue of Sandgrouse contains two articles on this globally threatened species. © Fouad Itani.
| 162 | Surveys of Syrian Serin Serinus syriacus in Lebanon in 2021. |
| Ghassan Ramadan-Jaradi, Fouad Itani, Soumar Dakdouk & James WT Hogg | |
| 176 | Wintering Syrian Serins Serinus syriacus in Prince Mohammed bin Salman Royal Reserve, Saudi Arabia. |
| Stephen Wilson, William Connock, Tristan Evans, Joshua Smithson, Ricardo O Ramalho & David Wells | |
| 183 | Nesting of Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus in the United Arab Emirates 2021–2023 and an overview of the species’ status. |
| Nasir Almehrezi, Oscar Campbell & Mark Smiles | |
| 192 | The first breeding records of Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii on Socotra, Yemen, and in Arabia. |
| Ahmed Saeed Suleiman | |
| 196 | Trade in exotic birds in the West Bank, Palestinian Territories. |
| Elias Nabil Handal, Saed Lorance Al-Shomali & Zuhair Sami Amr | |
| 205 | Current status of breeding bird species in the Gediz delta, Türkiye. |
| Şafak Arslan, Ahmet Kaya, Adem Akyol, Mehmet Kaya & Özge Yaylali | |
| 213 | A late nineteenth-century record of Slender-billed Curlew Numenius tenuirostris from Israel. |
| Alexander L Bond & Jeremiah Trimble | |
| 215 | Suspected decline in the breeding population of Sooty Falcons Falco concolor on the islands of northern Oman. |
| Michael J McGrady, Taimur Al Said & Hamood Al Neri | |
| 221 | A brief survey of breeding birds at Wadi Gimal island IBA, Egypt. |
| Xavier Gitre | |
| 228 | Recent summer records of White-headed Ducks Oxyura leucocephala in Azerbaijan. |
| Zulfu Farajli & Elman Imanov | |
| 232 | Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica – a new breeding species for Armenia. |
| Karen Aghababyan & Roman Slobodyanik | |
| 235 | First breeding record of Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis in Lebanon. |
| Michel Sawan | |
| 237 | First record of Hypocolius Hypocolius ampelinus in Syria. |
| Ahmad E Aidek | |
| 238 | Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus nesting in the United Arab Emirates: earlier breeding records. |
| Colin Richardson | |
| 239 | From the Rarities Committees. |
| Ian Harrison (Compiler) | |
| 250 | Regional Round-up. |
| Simon Tull (Compiler) | |
| 263 | Obituary: Derek Scott (1944-2022). |
| Richard Porter | |
| 265 | Obituary: Peter Hellyer (1947-2023). |
| Oscar Campbell | |
| 268 | Around the Region. |
| Ian Harrison, Jane Stylianou & Nick Watmough (Compilers) |