Striated Scops Owl Otus brucei at 
least three, Mushrif Park, Dubai, 
8 & 10 July. Status still uncertain. 
Alpine Swift Apus melha near 
Kalba, 31 March. Seventh record. 
Little Swift Apus affinis two, Ras 
al Khaimah, 3 March; Al Ain, 5 
April. Sixth and seventii records. 
Small Skylark Alauda gulgula Al 
Habab, 26 February. 
Olive-backed Fipii Anthus 
hodgsoni Emirates Golf Course, 8 
May. Eighth record. 
Blyth's Fipii Anthus godlewski, five, 
Al Wathba camel track, 13 
February; three, Dibba, 27 March; 
two, near Abu Dhabi, 29 March. 
Fifth to seventh records. 
Grey Hypocolius Hypocolius 
ampelinus ten, Liwa oasis, 18 
March; 64, Al Wathba, 24 - 25 
March. Latter is largest flock ever 
recorded in UAE. 
Eversmann's Kedsiari Phoenicurus 
erythronotos male, Abu Dhabi, 14 
February at least. Fifteenth 
record. 
Pied Stonechat Saxicola caprata 
male. Emirates Golf Course, 7 
May. First record and third 
record for Arabia (cf . recent 
record in Saudi Arabia OSME 
Bull. 32:45). 
Finsch's Wheatear Oenanthe 
finschii male, Al Wathba, 25 
March. 
Blyth's Reed YfaiblerAcrocephalus 
dumetorum trapped and ringed, 
Zabeel Fish Farm, Dubai, 6 May. 
First confirmed record. 
Up Cher's Warbler Hippolais 
languida Qaffay Island, 15 June. 
Unusually late migrant. 
Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler 
Phylloscopus inomatus humei 
Emirates Golf Course, 20 April. 
Com Bxmting Miliaria calandra 20 
singing from late February. No 
confirmed breeding records from 
Arabia. 
I am grateful to the following for 
their help in compUing this review: 
Amoud B van den Berg {Dutch 
Birding), Leo Boon, Duncan Brooks, 
Jens Eriksen, D A Ewbank, Steve 
Gantlett {Birding World), Jan-Olov 
Hedin, Remco Hofland, Mark Lawlor, 
Guy Manners, Rod Martins, Pete 
Maton, B S Meadows, Dominic 
Mitchell {Birdwatch), Bob Nation, 
Michael Prince, Colin Richardson, 
Iain Robertson (African Bird Club), 
Ashleigh Rosier, Jean Sadler (COS 
1957), P WiUiam Smith, Colin Walters 
and Eff ie Warr. 
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