Encouragingly they were ignored by the gardeners and were for the 
most part extremely approachable. 
The majority of the birds appeared to be adult, and traces of breeding 
plumage were attained during their last days in Bahrain. 
Acknowledgments 
I should like to thank Sheika Noorah Al Khalifa for permitting unrestricted 
access to her farms at Qurrayah and Al Meerouge, and Mrs Diana Phillips for 
identifying plant specimens. My thanks as always to F E Warr and Mike Jennings 
for Gulf and Saudi Arabian records. 
References 
Bahrain Natural History Society. Bird Records 1976-1988. 
BuNDY, G, Connor, R and Harrison, C 1989. Birds of the Eastern Province of Saudi 
Arabia. London. 
Cramp, S & Simmons, KEL (eds) 1983. The birds of the Western Palearctic, Vol 3. 
Oxford. 
Gallagher, M and Woodcock, M 1980. The Birds of Oman. London. 
Palfrey, J 1986. Dotterel wintering in Saudi Arabia. Sandgrouse 8:112. 
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UK 
The rapid movement of a Turkish-ringed 
Wryneck to Beirut, Lebanon 
Vincent van den Berk 
On 10 October 1988, a Wryneck Jynx torquilla with Radolfzell ring DH 83 
264, was recovered from Beirut, Lebanon (SS'SS'N-SS'BO'E). It had been 
shot. This bird was ringed only eight days previously, on 2 October 1 988, 
in the garden complex of the village of Ca vlak (39 WN-35 •47E ), border- 
ing Lake Palas (or Lake Tuzla), Kayseri province. Central Anatolia. The 
distance between these locations is about 600 km. 
During an autumn survey at this lake from 28 September to 10 October 
1988, Wrynecks were recorded daily up to 3 October. On 29 September, 
one was seen in a small field of sunflower stems on the otherwise bare 
plain, and two or three were seen in the garden complex of Cavlak. The 
following day, one was heard calling there (contra Cramp 1985: 'silent on 
migration'). We caught and ringed singles there with only a few mistnets 
on the first three days of October. Afterwards, Wrynecks were not 
recorded again; there might have been a considerable passage pulse 
during a relative short period. 
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