Around the Region 
This section details recent bird sightings within the OSME region. Whenever 
possible, the significance of the record (eg unusually late migrant, second spring 
record, most southerly record) will be included. Records are published for interest 
only, and their publication here neither implies acceptance nor rejection by the records 
committee of the relevant country. Any OSME member is welcome to contribute to 
this feature, and we are particularly keen to hear from anyone resident in the Middle 
East who could submit regular records. For further details of what is involved in being 
a regular contributor, or to submit records for the next Bulletin, covering the period 
September 1990 to February 1991, please write to: Around the Region, OSME, c/o 
The Lodge, Sandy, Bedfordshire SG19 2DL, UK. 
Compiled by Guy Kirwan 
Unless otherwise stated all records refer to 1990. 
Bahrain 
Honey Buzzard Pemis apivorus Ten 
recorded between November 1989 and 
April 1990 (including four in March 
and one in April); previously very 
few records, but no doubt overlooked. 
EHirschfeld 
Spotted Eagle Aquila clanga One, 
Portuguese Fort 23 February, two 
Adhari-Ras Tubli 21-27 April, third 
to fourth records. D Davies, E Hirschfeld, 
J Kuypers 
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus 
himantopus Small breeding colonies 
established at two sites with sub-adults 
summering at a third; the first breeding 
records. E Hirschfeld, J Kuypers, T 
Nightingale 
Crab Plover Dromas ardeola One, 
Malharraq 24 May; less than annual 
in Bahrain. E Hirschfeld 
Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 
Correction. Record previously 
mentioned (Bull.24:37) was not the 
first. E Hirschfeld 
Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris One, 
ASRY 5 January; first record. Dr M 
Hill, E Hirschfeld, J Kuypers 
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