Broad-billed Sandpiper Limicola 
falcinellus Recent counts indicate a 
wintering population of 1500-2000 
individuals (cf. counts in UAE, 
Sandgrouse 10:58-70). E Hirschf eld. 
Common Gull Larus canus Adult, 
Ras Tubli 4 November 1989; first 
record. £ Hirschfeld 
Armenian Gull Larus (argentatus) 
armenicus Adult, Ras Tubli 27 March; 
first inshore record. £ Hirschfeld 
Swift Tern Sterna bergii One, ASRY 5 
January; rare inshore. Dr M Hill, E 
Hirschfeld, J Kuypers 
Striated Scops Owl Otus brucei One, 
Awali 27 October 1989; only the second 
verified occurrence. Dr M Hill 
Palm Dove Streptopelia senegalensis 
One, Manam 20 May; sixth record, 
first was as recently as 1987. E HirscJ^eld 
Namaqua Dove Oena capensis One, 
Qurrayah 12 April; also found to be 
breeding around Hamalah, where 
four different males, two females and 
a juvenile were seen in June; eighth 
and ninth records, first in 1983 so 
obviously increasing. M Braynes, Dr 
M Hill, E Hirschfeld, Sheikha Al Khalifa 
White Wagtail Motacilla alba Two 
different individuals showing 
characters of M. a. personata at Ras 
Tubli, 2 January and 17 February; the 
first records of this subspecies. £ 
Hirschfeld 
GreyHypocolius Hypocolius ampelinus 
Two of the large roosts previously 
reported (Bull. 24:37) had been 
completely vacated by the end of 1989. 
The third held a record 488 in mid- 
December 1989 although this 
subsequently declined dramatically, 
with only a few birds remaining until 
mid-February 1990. £ Hirschfeld 
Red-Breasted Flycatcher Ficedulaparva 
One, UBF stream 7-8 February; fifth 
record. / Kuypers 
Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus Male 
at Janabiyah reedbed 8 April; two 
previous winter records both 
concerned small flocks in 1970-71. £ 
Hirschfeld 
Cinereous Bunting Ewberiza cineracea 
One, Jasra 19 April and two there 27 
April (all £. c. semenowi); consorting 
with large flocks of Ortolans. An annual 
but scarce spring migrant. £ Hirschfeld, 
J Kuypers 
Egypt 
Sacred Ibis Threskiomis aethiopicus 
Adult, Agilkia Island, Aswan 3 May; 
no records since the end of the 
nineteenth century, although 
Goodman and Meininger (1989) 
speculate that the species may be an 
occasional visitor to the south of the 
country from the Sudanese breeding 
grounds. C Walters 
Caspian Plover Charadrius asiaticus 
Six, Hurghada 15 April; rare passage 
migrant. / Foster, R Morris 
Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla First year, 
Ain Sukhna 5 May; unusually late, 
and the southernmost record ever. 
P J Evans 
African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris 
Five, Kom Ombo 25 April; the species 
has become increasingly regular since 
1979, culminating in the discovery of 
a breeding colony near Abu Simbel in 
July 1989. C Walters 
Cyprus Pied Wheatear Oenanthe 
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