Broad-billed Sandpiper Limicola 
falcinellus Four hundred and eighty 
three counted at Khor Dubai during 
Asian Waterfowl Census 18 January 
1991, in salt scrub high tide roost in 
company of sandplovers; rarely 
recorded in numbers since massive 
counts of autumn 1986, C Richardson, G 
Ricks 
Great Snipe Gallinago media One, Saffa 
Park, 3-12 October; rare passage 
migrant. First record sinceOctober 1987 
when one was on Das Island. Less than 
10 certain previous records, mostly mid 
September to October. / Bannon, C 
Richardson, M Pitt 
Pintail Snipe Gallinago stenura One, 
Zabeel water treatment plant, 24 
October to 2 November 1990, after fall 
of snipes; first Dubai record, third in 
UAE. Last recorded, AbuDhal?i, March 
1979. C Richardson. M Pitt 
Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis Up to two 
wintering, Ramtha Tip, Sharja, from 4 
November 1990; only five other 
confirmed records, mostly in winter. 
Last recorded at this site November to 
December 1989. S Turner 
Grey Hypocolius Hypocolius ampelinus 
Two males. Emirates Golf Course, 2 
November 1990; first record in Dubai 
and less than 10 other records. C 
Richardson 
Robin Erithacus rubecula One, Saffa 
Park, 3 November 1990, and another 
there 11 -31 Jnauary 1991; one, Dubai 
Zoo, 24-26 November; two (possibly 
three), Jebel Ali Hotel grounds, 17 
January 1991;rare winter visitor./Hflrf, 
C Richardson, M Pitt, R Khan 
Eversmann's Redstart Phoenicurus 
erythronotus Female, Emirates Golf 
Course, 7 November 1990; first record 
since one in Dubai, January 1988. One, 
Ansab, Western Desert, 18-19 
November 1990; less than eight other 
confirmed records in UAE. C 
Richardson, W RP Bourne, L Reaney 
Eastern Pied Wheatear Oerwnf/z^pioj fa 
Sub-species picata, first recognised in 
UAE in 1987. Less than a handful of 
records since. One male, gravel plains 
by Qam Nazwa (south of Dubai) 14 
September 1990 to February 1991 ; two 
males, 1 October 1990, one in song 
(establishing wintering territory?) ; one 
female, on separate winter territory, 
mid Decemljer 1 990 to at least February 
1991. C Richardson, M Pitt 
Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus One at 
Bu Hasa, an oil field in the Western 
Desert, 29 November to 10 December 
1990; third UAE record; second was of 
one in Dubai in January 1989 DRobinson 
Black-throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis 
Two, Asab, 10-12 November 1990; 
singles, Dubai and Jebel Ali (4 sites), 
from 4 January 1991; two, Saffa Park, 
11-14 January; two. Emirates Golf 
Course, 27 January; first significant 
influx since winter 1984/5. M Pitt, C 
Richardson,] HaH,}Footitt, R Clevely, G 
Ricks, L Reaney 
Upcher's Warbler Hippolais languida 
One, Dubai, 6 September 1990, one, 
.Abu Dhabi, 26 September; one, Khor 
Kalba, 8 November; rare autumn 
migrant. C Richardson, M Pitt, J 
Hollingworth 
Hume's Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia 
althaea One, Asab, 7 December 1990; 
fourth since this species was separated 
in 1987. L Reaney 
Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 
One seen and calling beside Saffa Park's 
overgrown irrigation pond, 19 October 
1990; first record for UAE. M Pitt 
Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 
Northern Iranian race Lepallidirostris, 
on passage September to mid 
November, including one juvenile, 
Dubai, 21 September; L e excubitor is 
common resident, but passage timing 
of non-resident races usually goes 
unrecorded. M Pitt, C Richardson 
B rambling Fringilla montifringilla 
Twenty-five, Wadi Reum fodder fields. 
Western desert southwest of Abu 
Dhabi, 7 December 1990; sixth UAE 
record. D Robinson 
Siskin Carduelis spinus Two, Asab, 3 
November 1990; six, Wadi Hayl, 
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