Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 
female, Muhaymidah, 1 June. 
Unusually late for a migrant. 
R Hofland. 
Dead Sea Sparrow Passer 
moabiticus maximum 12-19, Tel 
Hadya lagoon, 25 March - 15 May. 
Breeding not proven; status at 
this locality requires 
confirmation. LBailey,A VGastel, 
G Manners, R Miller. 
Desert Finch Rhodospiza obsoleta 
male, Tel Hadya, 30 April and 
three, 15 May; Deir Samaan, 20 
May. Status at these localities 
requires confirmation. A VGastel, 
G Manners, R Miller. 
TURKEY 
Greater Sand Plover Charadrius 
leschenaultii breeding, north of 
Tuzluca, 9 June. First breeding 
record for the East. W Smith. 
Mongolian Trumpeter Finch 
Bucanetes mongolicus two, 38 km 
south of Dogubayazit, 29 May; 
male, Dogubayazit, 29 May; five, 
7.5 km east of Aydinikavak, 8 June; 
two, 40 km south of Dogubayazit, 
9 June. L Boon, A Rosier, W Smith. 
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 
Records were submitted by Colin 
Richardson, on behalf the 
Emirates Bird Records Committee. 
Wilson's Storm-Petrel Oceanites 
oceanicus, ten, off Khor Fakkan, 
30 June - 1 July. Status poorly 
known in Arabian Gulf. 
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 
Ramtha Tip, Sharjah, 1 June & 21 
July; Zabeel fish ponds, 15 - 16 
July. Unusual in summer. 
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea two, 
Zabeel fish farm, 29 May - end of 
July at least. Unusual in summer. 
Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius 
longicaudus pale phase adult, 
Duden Golii, Sultan Marshes, 10 
June. Seventh record and second 
inland occurrence. H Meyer. 
River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis 
singing, Bozkir, 17 May. Scarce 
passage migrant which may 
breed. L Boon. 
Paddyf ield Warbler Acrocephalus 
agricola five. Van Marshes, 7 - 8 
June. H Shirihai, W Smith. 
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