Black Tern Chlidonias niger At least 
one in non-breeding plumage, 
Masirah, 30-31 July 1991 . Third record. 
/ Bryan, C M Greaves 
Rufous Turtle Dove Streptopelia 
orientalis Masirah, 5 October - 15 
December 1990; and 13-19 February 
1991. / Bryan, C M Greaves 
Little Swift Apus affinis Wadi Hinna, 
Dhofar, 14 August. Sixth record. H&] 
Eriksen, C H Fry 
Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon 
leucocephala Yalooni, 17-18 May 1991. 
First record for Central Oman. J Eriksen, 
A J Spalton 
Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea 
Masirah, 7January- 15 February 1991. 
First record. C M Greaves 
Eversmann's Redstart Phoenicurus 
erythronotus Male, Masirah, 31 
December 1990 - 11 January 1991. 
Eighth record. C M Greaves 
Naumann's Thrush Turdus naumanni 
Masirah, 14 December 1990 -17 March 
1991 . First record. / Bryan, C M Greaves 
Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 
Qitbit, 16 August 1991. Fifth record. H 
& J Eriksen, C H Fry 
Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus Hilf 
(Masirah), 12-13 December 1990. First 
record. C M Greaves 
Qatar 
Greylag Goose Anseranser Rock of 17 
flying over desert, 10 January. Scarce 
winter visitor; largest number to date. 
M and J Wooldridge 
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Pool 
near coast, 23 January. Scarce passage 
migrant; first January record. Bob and 
Helen Nation 
Great Skua Ster cor arius skua Fuweirit 
Sandspit, 17 January. First record for 
Qatar. Bob and Helen Nation 
Corncrake Crex crex Doha, 26 
September. Dead in NHG Chairman's 
garden; rare passage migrant. Bob and 
Helen Nation 
White-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon 
smyrnensis Wakrah Beach, 21 
November. First record for Qatar; 
vagrant in adjacent eastern Saudi 
Arabia. A Hooper 
Bar-tailed Desert Lark Ammonanes 
cincturus On gravel flats, 28 November. 
Very scarce, status unknown. Bob and 
Helen Nation 
Orphean Warbler Sylvia hortensis In 
Doha garden, 1 September. Earliest 
record for Qatar. Scarce passage 
migrant. Bob and Helen Nation 
Saudi Arabia 
Black Stork Ciconia nigra 14, Wadi 
Rabigh, 24 January. First recorded 
indications wintering north of Jeddah. 
BS Meadows 
Goshawk Accipiter gentilis Yanbu Al- 
Sinaiyah, 10 November. Once 
previously (1986) at Yanbu. BS 
Meadows 
Imperial Eagle Acjuila heliaca Wadi 
Rabigh, 4 October, during large 
southward migration of Steppe 
Buzzards Bwieo buteo vulpinus. Regular 
winter visitor to Central Arabia, but 
only once previously seen in Northern 
Hejaz in past 10 years. BS Meadows 
Verreaux's Eagle Acjuila verreauxi Pair, 
Jebel Fignal, 24 October. About 50 km 
from 1990 sighting (Bull 26: 62). BS 
Meadows 
Merlin Falco columbarius Yanbu al- 
Sinaiyah, pale male, possibly Fc 
pallidus, 3 December. Once previously 
at Yanbu (in 1982), and there is a 
specimen of pallidus from Jeddah 
(Meinertzhagen 1954). BS Meadows 
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus 
himantopus One pair bred, Yanbu al- 
Bahr salt pans. First breeding record 
for this site, but suspected once 
previously. BS Meadows 
Spur-winged Plover Hoplopterus 
spinosus Pair and young, Masturah, 15 
August. New breeding locality. BS 
Meadows 
Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles 
exustus Rabigh area, seen at two sites 
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