Broad-billed Sandpiper Limicola 
falcinellus One, Azraq23 July; second 
record, first was in 1965. / Andrews 
Terek Sandpiper XewMsdnereMS One, 
Azraq22 June; first record. I Andrews 
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus One, 
Dibbin Forest 12 January; only the 
second published record for Jordan. 
1 Andrews 
Dunn's Lark Eremalauda dunni Ten, 
Wadi Fidan 10 April, and four there 
2 June; only previous records were 
from Azraq in l%3-65 (cf . recent influx 
and breeding record in Israel, Brit. 
Birds 82:328; and breeding record in 
Sinai May 1990, Birding World 3:185). 
I Andrews 
Thick-billed Lark Rhamphocorys 
clotbey Four, Qasr Harana 24 April; 
adult with juvenile there 22 June; 
first breeding record. / Andrews 
White-cheeked Bulbul Pycnonotus 
leucogenys One, Aqaba 9 April; 
potentially the first record but origin 
remains unproven, although the 
record does recall the recent first 
records for Israel in April 1988 at 
Eilat {Brit. Birds 82:21). I Andrews 
Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus One, 
Amman 22 January-14 March, and 
15 Dibbin Forest 16 February; probably 
only two previous records. I Andrews 
Desert Waibler Sylvia nana Two, Wadi 
Batn al Guhl, near Mudawwara 7 
February; fourth record. I Andrews 
Goldcrest Regulus regulus One, Dibbin 
Forest 16 February; second record. 
The first was at the same site in 
December 1989. 1 Andrews 
Indian Silverbill Euodice malaharica 
Pair nest building Kafrein, 1 May; 
second record (cf . breeding records 
in Israel, Brit. Birds 82:354). I Andrews 
Saudi Arabia 
Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 
One, Yanbu, on an artificial pond 1- 
10 January; first record for Yanbu 
since recording began in 1979. B S 
Meadows 
Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutiis 1-2 
May, 31 May-1 June, Rabigh; possible 
new breeding locality. B S Meadows 
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Up to 
eight, Yanbu al-Sinaiyah, overwintered 
for the first time; party of 47 flying 
north on 13 April is the largest flock 
seen to date. B S Meadows 
Shoveler Anas clypeata Pair at Yanbu 
al-Bahr salt pans, 22-28 June. B S 
Meadows 
Sooty Falcon Falco concolor Yanbu, 
One, 1 July; second record. B S Meadows 
Quail Cotumix cotumix One, Yanbu 
al-Nahl, 7 February; one, Yanbu al- 
Sinaiyah, 21 January; first winter 
records. B S Meadows 
Pratincole Glareola sp. Pair, Wadi 
Rabigh, 31 May-1 June; possible new 
breeding locality. B S Meadows 
Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus 
Yanbu al-Sinaiyah, winter maximum 
of 1050 on 13 February. B S Meadows 
Caspian Tern Sterna caspia Rabigh, 
pair feeding single young bird on 31 
May and 1 June; young seen previously 
in winter. B S Meadows 
Pin-tailed Sandgrouse Pterocles alchata 
Hadirah (140 km north of Medinah), 
93 counted in several parties on 17 
May; new locality. B S Meadows 
Nubian Nightjar Caprimulgiis nubicus 
One, Hadirah, 16 May; new locality. 
B S Meadows 
Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta One, 
Rabigh, 9 March; scarce along Red 
Sea coast, one at Mecca is the only 
previous record south of Yanbu. B S 
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