Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus 
Emirates Golf Course, 26 May - 
19 Jime; Zabeel fish farm, 
throughout July. Unusual in 
summer. 
Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos 
tracheliotus 12, Sumayru, 1 March; 
Masafl, 1 July. 
Lesser Spotted Eagle Aquila 
pomarina Khor Dubai, 23 
February. Fourth record. 
Lesser Kestrel Falco mumanni 109, 
Hamraniyah, 7 April. Largest 
numbers ever recorded. 
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 
Emirates Golf Course, 26 
February. Unusually early 
migrant. 
Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 
Emirates Golf Course, 3 March at 
least. Second record. 
Pintail Snipe Gallinago stenura 
nine. Emirates Golf Course, 26 
February. 
Great Snipe Gallinago media 
Emirates Golf Course, 20 
February. Third record since 
1987, most recent at same locality 
in September 1993. 
White-eyed Gull Larus 
leucopthalmusKaiba, 9 May. First 
record. 
White-cheeked Tern Sterna 
repressa 19,000 recorded during 
breeding survey of seabird 
colonies, principally on Qamayn, 
Dayinah and Muhaiyimat islands 
in Arabian Gulf, 12 - 19 June; also 
50,000 Bridled Tern S. anaethus 
and 48,000 Lesser Crested Tern 
S. hengalensis. 
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