area, 21 January, with at least 50 
singing males there, 16 February. P 
Symens. 
SYRIA 
Great Bittern Botaurus stellaris 
Lake Jabbul, 12 November. G 
Manners. 
Great Black-headed Gull Larus ichythaetus 
correction to record previously listed 
(OSME Bull.33:41) locality is in 
Turkey, not Syria as stated, per G 
Manners. 
TURKEY 
Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 
Burdur Golu, 24 December 1994. 
Seventh record, first was as recently 
as 1983. KBoy/a, A Tireli. 
Smew Megus albellus 
Male and two females, Apolyont 
Golii, 27 May. Third summer record, 
previously recorded at this season in 
1969 and 1987. G Magnin, M Yarar. 
White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala 
350, Burdur Golii, 23 July. First exact 
count attempted at this locality in 
July. M Yarar et al. 
Little Bustard Tetrao tetrax 
(^amalti Tuzlasi, 5 February. Ninth 
record since 1966 and only fourth 
since 1982. GAydemir, G Eken &M 
Yarar. 
Hume's Yellow-browed }Naih\erPhylloscopus 
(inornatus) humei 
Topkapi Palace gardens, Istanbul, 28 
December 1994. Fourth record for 
Turkey, but first confirmed humei. E 
Ebels. 
Redpoll Carduelis flammea 
10, Uzungol Trabzoy, July. Only two 
other recent records, in 1987 and 1992. 
per M. Yarar. 
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 
Records were submitted by Colin 
Richardson on behalf of the UAE 
Records Committee. 
Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus 
Kalba, 30 April; Fujeirah, 11 May. 
First and second records. 
Persian Shearwater Puffinus Ihermeri lucidus 
907, past Ras Dibba, 23 June. 
Exceptional numbers. 
Lesser Spotted Eagle Acjuila pormrina 
Khor EXibai, 7 February. Second 
record, first was in late February 1990 
(Richardson 1990). 
Spotted Eagle Acjuila clanga 
up to 12, Khor EXibai, until 15 March. 
Little Crake Porzana parva 
Emirates Golf Course, 29 MarcK 
Ninth record (fifth to eighth were at 
same locality in September 1994, 
cf.Bull.34:41). 
Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 
Al Ghar lake, 15 February. Third 
record; all in recent years. 
Great Knot Calidris temirostris 
54, Murawah Island, 18 January; 25, 
Khor al Beidah, 3 March onwards. 
Broad-billed Sandpiper Limicola falcinellus 
509, Khor Dubai, 19 January. 
Sabine's Gull Larus sabini 
Fujeirah, 6-19 May. Second record. 
Sooty Tern Sterna fuscata 
Sweihan, mid May. Second record 
and first inland. 
Common Noddy Anous stolidu 
probable, Ras Dibba, 16 June. 
Alpine Swift Apus melba 
Al Ain, 12 February. Ninth record. 
Most recent, in September 1994, was 
also there (cf.Bull.34:42). 
Little Swift Apus affinis 
Al Wathba, 2 March. Seventh record. 
Bimaculated Lark Melanocorypha bimaculata 
80, Al Ain, 26 February. Exceptional 
numbers. 
Bar-tailed Desert Lark Ammomanes cincturus 
3, Al Wathba, early April. First record 
since 1993. 
Blyth's PipH Anthus godlewski 
Al Wathba, 23 April. Latest ever 
record in spring. 
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