Lesser Short-toed Lark Calandrella 
rufescens. Paphos lighthouse: 22 
March; 2, 7 April. Akrotiri gravel 
pits, 24 March. Very scarce and 
irregular passage migrant. 
R Grimmond, D Whaley. 
Mourning Wheatear Oenantlw lugens. 
Paphos lighthouse, 8-13 April. First 
record. R Grimmond, D Whaley. 
Hooded Wheatear Oenanthe numacha. 
Ayia Napa Forest, May (exact date 
unavailable). MaleLarnaca salt lake, 
12 June. Third and fourth records, 
per D Whaley. 
White-crowned Black Wheatear 
Oenanthe leucopyga. Avagos Gorge, 
30 March per D Whaley. Another, 
locality unavailable, April. T / Kealy. 
Cape Greco, 14 April. / Atherton, A 
Tweed. Third to fifth records. 
Desert Warbler Sylvia nana. Cape 
Greco, 12 April. Third record. / 
Atherton, A Tweed. 
Pale Rock Sparrow Petronia 
brachydactyla. Cape Greco, 14 April. 
First record. J Atherton, A Tweed. 
EGYPT 
Cory's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea. 
77km westof Alexandria, 26 February. 
S & M Baha el Din. 
Long-tailed Cormorant Phalacwcorax 
african us . Abu Simbel : 25, 1 8 M a rch ; 
28-29 April. Third and fourth records 
this century. B Bland (Sunbird), M 
Ullman (SOF RES). 
Lesser Flamingo Phoenicoptcris minor. 
Abu Simbel, 27 November 1992. 
Apparently the first record for the 
Western Palearctic. P A Lasscy, / M 
Pearson, T J Willoughby. 
Red Kite Milvus milvus. Two flew 
north, Gebel el Zeit, 9 March. First 
record for the southern Gulf of Suez. 
A Grieve. 
Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos 
tracheliotus. Sharm el Sheikh rubbish 
dump, 21 November 1992, probably 
of race 'negevensis' . S & M Baha cl 
Din. 
Three-banded Plover Charadrius 
tricollaris. Gebel Asfar, 6-26 March at 
least. First record for Egypt and the 
Western Palearctic. M Ahmed, M 
Elliot et ah 
AudouhYs Gull Larus audouinii. 
Second-winter, Montazah, 
Alexandria, 23 January-9 March. 
Scarce and irregular winter visitor. 
D Evans. 
Common Gull Larus canus. Adult, 
Suez, 12 April. Scarce winter visitor. 
M Ullman (SOF RES). 
Great Black-backed Gull Larus 
marinus. Near adult, Lake Qarun, 28 
April. Third record (cf Bull. 30 : 41). 
P Carr, B Jarvis. 
Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla. Immature, 
Ras Shukheir, 28 February. Rare 
visitor to the southern Gulf of Suez. 
A Grieve. 
African Collared Dove Streptopelia 
roseogrisea . Abu Simbel, 27 November 
1992. PA Lassey, J M Pearson, T J 
Willoughby. 3, Sharm el Sheikh, 17 
April. M Ullman (SOF RES). 
Hume's Tawny Owl Strixbutleri. Two, 
Wadi el Fayran, 15 April. M Ullman 
(SOF RES). 
Egyptian Nightjar Caprimulgus 
aegypticus. Dead, Ain Sukhna, 3 
March. Rarely recorded from the 
Eastern Desert and Gulf of Suez area s . 
A Grieve. 
Syrian Woodpecker Dendrocopus 
syriacus. Rafah, North Sinai, 23 April. 
Scarce wanderer to Sinai. S & M 
Baha el Din. 
Buff -bellied Pipit A nthus rubescens. 1- 
2, El Fayoum, 25 March. First record 
for Egypt, several recent records from 
Israel (cf Bull. 30 : 44). B Bland 
(Sunbird). 
African Pied WagtailMotacillaaguimp. 
Abu Simbel, 29 April. Scarce and 
irregular at this locality. M Ullman 
(SOF RES). 
Blackbird Turdus merula. Breeding 
confirmed during April at Lauran, 
Alexandria and Agami. Possibly 
widespread breeder throughout the 
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