next day. Unusually large numbers. 
DA Scott 
Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius 
longicaudus Adult patrolling back- 
wards and forwards off the beach at 
Aqaba for much of the morning of 20 
June 1992. First record was in 1981 (BB 
85 : 9). DA Scott 
Spectacled YfuMer Sylvia conspicillata 
Agitated male in low, thorny, roadside 
scrub on the top of the escarpment 20 
km north of Petra, 17 June 1992. DA 
Scott 
Blue Tit Parus caeruleus At least eight 
in oak /pistachio woodland in Zubiya 
Wildlife Reserve north of Jarash, 29 
November 1991. According to HoUom 
et al (1988), Birds of the Middle East 
and North Africa, there are few records 
in the Levant. DA Scott 
Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus At 
least two in reed-beds at Azraq Oasis, 
27 November and 2 December 1991. 
DA Scott 
Syrian Serin Serinus syriacus At least 
20 in woodland near the top of the 
escarpment in Dana Wildlife Reserve 
(near Al Quadisiya), 28 November 
1991; and at least four in bushy areas 
on the top of the escarpment above the 
reserve, 17 June 1992. DA Scott 
Kuwait 
Long-tailed Ehick Clangula hyemalis. 
Female in summer plumage, off 
Shuwakh. First record for the Gulf. A 
Ross 
Oman 
Red-brested Merganser Mergus 
serrator Female, Sawadi, 10 January. 
Second record. MAL Cummbis 
Black-winged Kile Elanus caeruleus 
Sun Farms, Sohar, 24 January. First 
record. MAL Cummins 
Shikra Accipiter hadius Adult female, 
21 June-10 July; adult male, 4 Septem- 
ber - 17 October; 30 October - 1 No- 
vember. All Masirah. First to third 
records. / Bryan, CM Greaves 
Great Stone Plover Esacus recurvirostris 
Daghmar, 13-14 February. Second 
record. MAL Cummins, Hand J Eriksen, 
G Horton 
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea Up to 
three adults and three immatures, 
Masirah, 18 July - 2 August. Third 
record. / Bryan, CM Greaves 
Black Tem Chlidonias niger In non- 
breeding plumage, Masirah, 24-25 Sep- 
tember; and another there, 27 Septem- 
ber - 3 October. Fourth and fifth records. 
/ Bryan, CM Greaves 
Namaqua Dove Oena capensis Dauka, 
7-8 May. JS Ash, G Nikolaus 
Koel Eudynamys scolopacea Pair, Dauka, 
30 April. ]S Ash, G Nikolaus 
Little Owl Athene noctua Masirah, 28- 
30 October 1991. First record for 
Masirah. / Bryan, CM Greaves 
Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 53 on 
the rocks at Mirbat, 19 May. JS Ash, 
MD Gallagher, G Nikolaus 
Little Swift Apus affinis Khawr Taqah, 
21 November 1991. Seventh record. 
Wf Simpson 
Roller Coraciasgarrulus 204, Sun Farms, 
Salalah, 27 April. JS Ash, G Nikolaus 
42 
