(details will be published in Sandgrouse 
in due course), per Ron Frumkin 
Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus 
trochiloides Metsuba, northern Israel, 
21 April, trapped and ringed. Third 
record, others were in April 1982 and 
April 1983. per Yakov hanger 
Qatar 
Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricoUis 
Seen with young, Slawa Pools, 12-14 
May. Casual breeder. R} Shepherd 
Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Umm 
Said, March. Uncommon winter 
visitor. R] Shepherd 
Garden Warbler Sylvia borin Doha, 
April 12. Uncommon passage migrant, 
early in comparison with UAE. RJ 
Shepherd 
Saudi Arabia 
Arabian Red-legged Partridge 
Alectoris melanocephala Pair, Jebel Figrah 
(Between Yanbu and Medina), 4-5 
April. Reconfirmation of northerly 
range extension, prior to 1989 known 
only south of Taif. BS Meadows 
Little Tern Sterna albifrons Four, Wadi 
Rabigh, 31 May. Status uncertain in 
western Arabia; All breeding little terns 
appear to be Saunders' Little Tern S 
saundersii. BS Meadows 
Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse PterocJes 
lichtensteinii Three Hadirah (140 km 
north of Medina, 23 May. First record 
from this locality. BS Meadows 
Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles 
exustus Rabigh, 31 May. First record 
here since Bates (1936). BS Meadows 
Fin-iailed Sandgrouse Pterocles alchata 
Four, Hadirah, 24 May. First located 
here in 1990 (Bull 25: 45). BS Meadows 
Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 
Breeding 'colony' of 20 pairs, Hadiah, 
23-24 May. Hitherto unrecorded from 
this locality. Species has been noted 
breeding at several isolated localities 
in north-west Arabia over the past three 
years, the sub-species is St arenicola. BS 
Meadows 
Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator 
glandarius Yanbu al Sinaiyah, 24 
February. First spring record; Two 
previous autumn records form the 
Western Province, per L Vickers 
Striated Scops Owl Otus brucei Four 
showing characters of this species, 
Yanbu al Sinaiyah, 2 January-11 
February. Note that Scops Owls Otus 
scops resembling Striated Scops have 
wintered here in recent years. BS 
Meadows 
Hume's Tawny Owl StrixbutleriY anbu 
al Sinaiyah, 25-26 January. New 
locality. BS Meadows 
Nubian Nightjar Caprimulgus nubicus 
Wadi Rabigh, 25 July. New locality. BS 
Meadows 
Arabian Woodpecker Dendrocopos 
dorae Jebel Fignah, 5 April. New 
locality, one two other sites known 
north of Taif. BS Meadows 
Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis Up to four, 
Yanbu al Sinaiyah, 24-31 January. First 
winter records from this locality. BS 
Meadows 
Stonechat Saxicola torquata Yanbu al 
Sinaiyah, 13 January. First winter 
record at Yanbu of regular passage 
migrant. BS Meadows 
Mourning Wheatear Oenanthe lugens 
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