Between Alacam and Kizlan, 29 May. 
G Kirwan. All are new'localities 
indicating that this species is rather 
more widespread and common than 
previously thought. 
Finsch's Wheatear Oenanthe finschii. 
Male, Boz Dagi, mid May. Most 
westerly record ever. G Magnin. 
River *Warbler Locustells fluviatilis. 3, 
Yesilirmak Delta, 6-7June. Unusually 
late for migrants, all were singing. G 
Kirwan. 
Paddyf ield Warbler Acrocephalus 
agricola. Van marshes: 2, 21 May; 29 
May. Cenge Golu, Ercek Golu area: 
10 : 20 & 23 May. 2, Bulanik, 29 May. 
M Davies, G Kirwan, M Wheeler. 
Booted Warbler Hippolais caligata. 
Ercek Golu, 20 May. Third 
documented record, another from 
April 1993, on the Central Plateau 
remains unsubmitted. M Davies, G 
Kirwan. 
Mongolian Trumpeter Finch 'Biicanetes 
mongolicus. 6, Dogubayazit, 24 May; 
some, 26 May, 3-4, 9-10 July. 2, 
Tendurek Gecidi, 24 May. 3, near 
Ozalp, 30 May. 3, Sogusku, near 
Tendurek Gecidi, 2 June. M Davies, A 
Hogg, G Kirwan, M Wheeler. 
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 
All records are per C Richardson unless 
otherwise stated. 
Ruddy Shelduck Tadornaferruginea. 3, 
Sharjah, 6 March. Rare winter visitor. 
S Aspinall. 
Lesser Spotted Eagle Aquila pomarina. 
Dubai fish farm, 28 March. Second 
record. 
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni. Wadi 
Bih, 3 January. Unusual in winter. 24, 
Ras al Khaimah, 1 March. 93, 
Hamraniyah, 3-4 April. Exceptionally 
large numbers. 
Merlin Falco columbarius. Abu al 
Abyadh, near Abu Dhabi, 27 
February-5 March. Fourth record. 
Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus. Dead, 
20 June. Status uncertain. 
Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius 
cursor. 98, Khor al Beidah, 28 May. 
Record numbers. 
Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris. Flock 
at Umm al Quwain (cf Bull 30 : 46) 
may have dispersed to Murawat 
Island, where, 227, 22 March. Largest 
ever flock in the UAE and the Arabian 
Gulf. S Aspinall. 
Pintail Snipe Gallinago stenura. 7, 
Emirates golf course, 27 December 
1992. Dubai fish farm, 20 April. 
Continuing run of records from this 
part of the Arabian gulf region. 
Striated Scops Owl Otus brucei. 
Recorded at two localities in early 
April. 3, at nest site in Ra sal Khaimah, 
16 June. Only recently added to the 
list of breeding birds, although long 
suspected. 
Small Skylark Alauda gulgula. 2, Khor 
Dubai, 17 January. 2, Abu Dhabi, 18 
March. 2, Abu al Abyadh, 26 March- 
18 April. Fifth to seventh records, 
that previously published as third 
(Bull 30 : 47) was fourth. 
Grey Hypocolius Hypocolius ampelinus. 
2, Abu al Abyadh, 25 February-2 
March. 
Hooded Wheatear Oenanthe monacha. 
4, JebelHafit, 29 December 1992. Al 
Ain, 16 March. Status unclear. 
Green Warbler Phylloscopus 
(trochiloides) nitidus Abu Dhabi, 17 
April. First record of this (sub) 
species. 
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