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 48 (1) Spring 2026
Cover photo: Streak-throated Swallow Petrochelidon fluvicola, Ayn Hamran, Oman © Eduard Sangster.
| 2 | The identity of the Lesser Short-toed Larks Alaudala rufescens (senso lato) breeding in northeastern Saudi Arabia. |
| Oscar Campbell & Simon Lloyd | |
| 12 | Uzbekistan: Addition of Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax, Greater Hoopoe-Lark Alaemon alaudipes and Red-tailed Wheatear Oenanthe chrysopygia to species list (and three additional new regional species). |
| Martin Grienenberger | |
| 16 | Records of Black Kite Milvus Migrans from a new wintering site in Southeastern Anatolia, Türkiye. |
| Recep Karakaş | |
| 26 | Booted Warbler Iduna caligata at Wadi El Rayan: first record for Egypt. |
| Basem Rabia & Mahmoud Elshamy | |
| 30 | Birds and biodiversity in the Ayvalik Islands, Türkiye. |
| Li̇der Si̇nav, Kadri̇ Kaya, Esra Başak, Öznur Kahra | |
| 43 | Recent observations of Mongolian Finch Bucanetes mongolicus in Armenia. |
| Emmanuel Naudot, Anna Yargina, Kseniia Marianna Prondzynsk & Karen Aghababyan | |
| 48 | Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata in Oman: first record for the country and the Western Palearctic. |
| Romual Cisakowski | |
| 50 | First record of Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula from the northwestern coast of Saudi Arabia, with a compilation of national records. |
| Paulo Alves, Diogo F. Ferreira, José Carlos Brito, Magdy El-Bana, Ahmed Al-Ansari, Omar Al-Attas, Ana P. Coelho | |
| 54 | From the Rarities Committees. |
| Ian Harrison (Compiler) | |
| 64 | OSME Regional Round-up |
| Simon Tull (Compiler) | |
| 78 | Book reviews. |
| Rob Sheldon | |
| 80 | Obituary |
| Steve Rowland | |
| 81 | Around the Region |
| Ian Harrison, Jane Stylianou & Simon Tull (Compilers) |
| Editor | Dr Paul Donald Sandgrouse editor. |
| Editorial Board | AbdulRahman Al-Sirhan (Kuwait), Dr Raffael Ayé (Switzerland), Jem Babbington (Saudi Arabia, photo consultant) Arnoud van den Berg (Netherlands), Michael Blair (UK), Chris Bradshaw (UK), Dr Gary Brown (Germany), Oscar Campbell (UAE), Peter Castell (UK), Pia Fetting (Germany), Peter Flint (UK), Dr Robert Flood (UK), Paul Goriup (UK), Jens Hering (Germany), Mike Jennings (UK), Dr Abolghasem Khaleghizadeh (Iran), Dr Fares Khoury (Jordan), Dr Alan Knox (UK), Andrew Lassey (UK), Dr Mike McGrady (Austria), Dr Stephen Newton (Ireland), Yoav Perlman (Israel), Aasheesh Pittie (India), Richard Porter (UK), Hana Ahmed Raza (Iraq), Colin Richardson (Cyprus), Anna Sandor (Hungary), Dr Manuel Schweizer (Switzerland), Dr Derek Scott (UK), Dr Robert Sheldon (UK), Dr Ruth Tingay (UK), Arend Wassink (Netherlands), Geoff Welch (France) |