35, in six flocks, Dana Wildlife 
Reserve, 27-28 Febmary, with some 
remaining until 15 March. Scarce win- 
ter visitor. M Evans/RSCN. 
OMAN 
Demoiselle Crane Anthropoides virgo 
Salalah, 16 March. Scarce passage 
migrant. G &V TJtompson. 
SAUDI ARABIA 
Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 
Yanbu, 2 December 1994. J-O Hedin, K 
Rannikko. 
Socotra Cormorant Phalacrocorax nigrogularis 
28,000 breeding pairs, judaim, 
October 1994. This count represents 
twice that of 1993. P Symens. 
Greylag Goose Anser anser 
Sabkhat Al Fasl, Jubail: 13 November 
1994; 2, 20 November 1994-15 
January; 3, 16 January -4 February. B S 
Meadows, P Symens. 
Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 
885, Sabkhat Al Fasl, Jubail, 24 
January. Largest flock ever recorded 
in Arabia. P Symens. 
Cotton Teal Nettapus coromandelianus 
drake, Riyadh, 8-10 May. Second 
record for Saudi Arabia. I Saville. 
Chukar Aledoris chukar 
Wadi Lakus, near Jebel al Lawz, 8 
April 1994; Wadi Ash Shifa, 8 April 
1994. M C Jennings, HSA Yahya. 
Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris 
Malaki Dam, 15 September 1994. J-O 
Hedin. 
Crested Honey Buzzard Pemis ptilorhynchus 
exhausted juvenile, Raydah escarp- 
ment, near Abha, first week of 
October 1994 was picked up and 
taken into care at NWRC, Taif, hope- 
fully to be released at Raydah in 
April; another, Wadi Maraba, 5-10 km 
north of Raydah escarpment, 11 
October 1994. First and second 
records for Saudi Arabia and third 
and fourth for the Middle East 
(cf.Bull.34:33-44). P Symens et al. 
Lesser Spotted Eagle Aquila pormrim 
Riyadh, 14 July. First record for the 
Central region. / Saville. 
Lesser Kestrel Falco mumanni 
4-5, Al Sharkiyah agricultural devel- 
opment area, 50 km south-west of 
Jubail, November 1994-February 
1995. P Symens. 3, 50 km west of 
Uray'irah, 13 January. B S Meadows. 
First wintering records from Eastern 
Province. 
Demoiselle Crane Anthrpoides virgo 
253, Medina airport, 14 September 
1994. Additional to records already 
published from same period 
(cf.BuU.34:39) J-O Hedin. 
Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 
170, Al Sharkiyah agricultural devel- 
opment area, 50 km south-west of 
Jubail, 21 January; still 28 there on 16 
February. P Symens. 
Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva 
2, Wadi Al Lith, 10 November 1994. /- 
O Hedin, K Rannikko. 
Sociable Plover Chettusia gregaria 
Riyadh, 6-7 January. Three other 
recent records (1980 & 1989) from this 
area. J Saville. 
Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta 
juvenile, Medina airport, 22 
September 1994. J-O Hedin, K 
Rannikko. 
Great Snipe Gallinago media 
Medina airport, 22 September 1994; 
15 km north of Medina, 22 September 
1994. J-O Hedin, K Rannikko. 
Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 
Riyadh, 7 April. Second record for the 
central region in the last ten years. I 
Saville. 
Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 
Sabkhat Al Fasl, Jubail, 21 December 
1994-5 January. P Symens. 
Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica 
12 pairs, Zakhuniyah island, October 
1994. First breeding record for Saudi 
Arabia. P Symens. 
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