OSME's Bankers 
Lloyds Bank has move the processing of the OSME accounts from the Sandy 
branch to Biggleswade and allotted new account numbers as follows: 
The current account is now 0942610 vice 0110271 
The deposit account is now 7422469 vice 7028430 
All standing orders should be made into the former and credit transfers into the 
latter account. The sort code for Biggleswade branch is 30-90-79. 
The Treasurer will amend the current standing order forms as he receives them 
before forwarding them to the relevant bank. 
Photographs for Sandgrouse 
If you can lend good photographs of any of the following for possible publication 
in forthcoming Sandgrouse papers, please send details, or the photos themselves, 
as soon as possible, to the Editor: Duncan Brooks, c/o British Museum (Natural 
History), Akeman St, Tring, Herts HP23 6AP, UK (tel: 081-520 3943 home; 0442- 
890125 office). Photos will be welcome in any format, though good quality black- 
and-white prints or colour slides (originals, not copies) are best; all will be 
returned. All material will be well cared for, though no responsibility can be 
taken for loss or damage. 
Houbara ChlamydoHs undulata 
Crab Plover Dromas ardeola 
Sociable Plover Oiettusia gregaria 
White-tailed Plover Chettusk leucura 
Long-billed Pipit Anthtis similis 
Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola, adults 
Mourning Wheatear Oenanthe lugens, dark morph from basalt of Jordan /Syria 
Plain Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus neglectus 
Dead Sea Sparrow Passer moabiticus 
OSME and Sunbird in Egypt, April 1992 
OSME's first joint venture with Sunbird was a perfect example of why the 
Middle East is attracting more and more visiting birdwatchers. As well as the 
birdwatching, the collaboration helped swell OSME's Conservation Research 
Fund. Co-leader of the trip, Mike Everett, explains. 
This year's Egypt trip was a delight: a group of seven, plus two leaders, made for 
very comfortable birding. Sherif and Mindy Baha el Din joined us for the 
excursions around Cairo, and thanks to them we saw a lot which we might 
otherwise have missed. 
We began with some good desert birdwatching near Suez. The Bryan Bland 
Masterclass on lark identification was much appreciated here, and Short-toed 
Calandrella brachydactyla, Desert Ammonmnes deserti and Bar-tailed Desert Larks 
Ammormnes cincturus all did us proud. At the coast south of Suez, we hit a good 
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