Meadows 
Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis One, 
Rabigh, 9 March; scarce along Red 
Sea coast. B S Meadows 
Citrine Wagtail MotadUa citreola One, 
Yanbu al-Bahr, 2 March; once 
previously at Yanbu in March. B S 
Meadows 
Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 
One, Yanbu al-Nakhl, 7 February; 
first winter record from this area. B S 
Meadows 
Fieldfare Turdus pilaris One, Yanbu 
al-Sinaiyah, 29 March, two 
overwintered last year at the same 
locality; first records so far south in 
Western Arabia. B S Meadows 
Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais 
olivetorum One, Yanbu al-Bahr, 10 
August; one previous autumn record 
in September. B S Meadows 
Pygmy Sunbird Anthreptes platurus 
Influx in Yanbu al-Sinaiyah and 
hinterland December 1989 to 25 
January 1990, seven sightings (up to 
four together); significant northerly 
range extension. B S Meadows 
Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus Yanbu 
al-Sinaiyah, pair overwintered. B S 
Meadows 
Pale Rock Sparrow Petronia 
brachydactylaN'me, Al-YJed], 11 May; 
second record in over six years 
residence in the northern Hejaz. B S 
Meadows 
African Silverbill Euodicecantans Five, 
Medinah, 5 April, Yanbu al-Nakhl, 
party of 23 on 2 February and seven 
on 6 July; previously not recorded 
north of Tropic of Cancer. B S Meadows 
Turkey 
Pygmy Cormorant Phalacrocorax 
pygmeus 1500+ Eregli Golu 15 June; a 
very large count of this localised 
species. B Jarvis 
WhooperSwan Cy gnus cy gnus 11, 
Goksu Delta 12 January, 29 Burdur 
Golu 16 January; significant flocks of 
a rare winter visitor. L Dijksen, A 
Blomert 
Red-breasted Merganser Mergus 
serrator 62, Camalti Tuzlasi 24 January; 
rare winter visitor, usually in smaller 
numbers. L Dijksen, A Blomert 
White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala 
6483, Burdur Golu 16 January; the 
highest count in recent years. L Dijksen, 
A Blomert 
Osprey Pandion haliaetus One, 
Paradeniz, Goksu Delta 12 January; 
very unusual record, previously only 
known as a rare summer visitor to the 
Black Sea coastlands and as an 
uncommon, but widespread passage 
migrant. L Dijksen, A Blomert 
See-see Partridge Ammoperdix 
griseogularis Male at Yesilce 21 May; 
rarely recorded away from the Birecik 
region. P Benstead, C Jeffs 
Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus One 
at the mouth of the Sakarya River, 
Black Sea 4 January; unusually far north 
in winter, normally only an uncommon 
passage migrant through the Bosphorus 
and Mediterranean Turkey. L Dijksen, 
A Blomert 
Great Black-backed Gull Lams marinus 
One, Goksu Delta 25 May; very rare, 
only the third record since 1976. P Hill, 
J Mottishaw 
Tengmalm's Owl Aegoliusfunereus One, 
near Sumela Monastery 21 June; the 
fourth published record, all previous 
records have also come from the 
predominantly coniferous, northern, 
montane forests. G Kirwan, D Ross, M 
Roxby 
'PiedYn\e2Lie2aOenanthepleschanka Pair 
at Maden Koprbasi 23 June, G Kirwan, 
D Ross, M Roxby. Male near Golyuzu, 
Kucuk Agri Dagi 6 June, / Eames; 
significant records from potential 
breeding areas. Most previous records 
are either of migrants or are attributed 
to Cyprus Pied Wheatear Oenanthe 
cypriaca. 
Grey-necked Bunting Emberiza 
buchanani One, south of Bulduruc, near 
Demirkazik 18 May; unusually far west, 
most records come from the extreme 
east and southeast. P Benstead, C Jeffs 
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