Demoiselle Crane Anthropoides virgo 
eight, Eregli Marshes, 2 September. 
Scarce on passage through central 
and western Turkey. / Taylor. 
Cream-coloured Courser Cusorius cursor 
pair, with two juveniles, plus a sin- 
gleton, Birecik, 7 September. Few 
Turkish records, the species may 
only breed sporadically. / Taylor. 
Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni 
Cukurova Deltas: 28, 19 September; 
60, 21 September. Scarce passage 
migrant. R Thorpe, } Young. 
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops super ciliosus 
three, including a juvenile, flew 
west, Cukurova Deltas, 27 
September. R Thorpe, J Young. 
Richard's Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae 
four, Akyatan Golii, Cukurova 
Deltas, 12 October. Scarce passage 
migrant, most recently recorded in 
Kizilirmak Delta in spring 1992. R 
Thorpe, J Young. 
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 
Records were submitted by Colin 
Richardson on behalf of the UAE 
Bird Records Committee. 
Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 
off Abu Dhabi comiche, mid 
January. 
Flesh-footed Shearwater Puffinus carneipes 
off Dibba, 9 October. First record. 
White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus 
Das Island, 26 December. Fifth con- 
firmed record, and the first since 
1981. L Reaney. 
Bittern Botaurus stellaris 
Emirates Golf Club, 14 September, 
and Khor al Beidah, 4 December. 
Rare migrant. 
Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides 
25 Abu al Abyadh, mid September. 
Largest flock recorded. 
Intermediate Egret Egretta intermedia 
Ramtha lagoons, 23 December-13 
January 1995. First record for UAE. 
S Aspinall. 
Ruddy Shelduck Tadornaferruginea 
Ramtha, late November-late 
January 1995, seven Al Ghar lake, 
Abu Dhabi, 25 January 1995. 12th 
and 13th records. A Topp, S James. 
Cotton Teal Nettapus coromandelianus 
female, Emirates Golf Course, 24-25 
November. Fourth record. 
Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca 
up to nine at five different sites 
between 28 November and end of 
December. A noteworthy influx. 
Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus 
dark morph adult male, Ras al 
Khaimah, 16 December 1992. First 
record for UAE and Arabia, (photo- 
graph published in Birding World 
7:403). M Saarinen. 
Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus 
Dibba dairy farm, 15-16 September. 
Third record. E Hirschfeld et al. 
Spotted Eagle Aquila clanga 
six Khor Dubai, 28 November, and 
over 20 reported northern Emirates, 
over several days in early 
December. 
Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca 
Hamraniyah, 5 December, Ramtha, 
31 December, Khor Dubai, 29 
December-6 January 1995. 
Lanner Falco biarmicus 
Dibba, 16 September, Khor Dubai, 
15 December. 
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