Pygmy Cormorant 200 
White Pelican 100 
Dalmatian Pelican 1 
Squacco Heron 10 
Little Egret Egretta garzetta 50 
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 2 
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 10 
Mute Swan Cygnus olor 2 
Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 
Mallard 100 
Red-crested Pochard 20 
Pochard Aythya ferina 5 
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 4 
White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala 7 
Marsh Harrier 30 
Hobby Falco subbuteo 3 
Coot Fulica atra 40 
Little Tern 2 
Whiskered Tern 40 
White-winged Black Tern 1 
Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundimceus many 
Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus many 
In conclusion, Eregli remains one of the richest bird areas in the region, 
depite the threats of drainage, reed burning and hunting outlined in 
Important Bird Areas in Europe. As with Hotamis, the area needs a thor- 
ough survey, particularly around the northern end, for which a four- 
wheeled-drive vehicle would seem essential. Such a survey would 
take a car-driving fieldworker at least a week; but it would be a week 
well spent. 
Guy Kirwan, 44 Rowington Road, Noriuich NRl 3RR, UK 
A second breeding site of the Purple 
Gallinule in southern Turkey 
Arjan Ovaa and Rene Vos 
Although the Purple Gallinule Porphyrio porphyria used to be a com- 
mon breeding bird in suitable areas in Turkey, the distribution in 
recent decades was restricted to the Goksii Delta in southern Turkey 
(Kasparek et al. 1989). A bird census project in that delta during spring 
1989 revealed a breeding population of 50-70 pairs at Akgol alone 
(Baris et al in prep). 
During spring 1990, the sixth joint DHKD-WIWO project was exe- 
cuted in Turkey in the Qukurova Delta, south of Adana. Primary aims 
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