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OSME SITES REGISTER SCHEME 
Mike Eva ns 
Progress Report 3 
The Sites Register Scheme was launched by OSME in 1983 as a way in 
which members could document important sites for birds in the Middle 
East. For further details about how the scheme operates readers 
should refer to Bulletin 10: 1-3 or write to the Honorary Secretary 
for details. 
In the three years since the last progress report (Collar 1986) , 57 
'new' site forms have been sent in by 14 contributors, taking the 
total number of site forms held by the scheme to 172. The new forms 
cover seven countries (number of new forms in brackets): Egypt (11), 
Jordan (1), Lebanon (1), Qatar (4), Saudi Arabia (4), Turkey (26) 
and United Arab Emirates (10). As in the previous progress report, 
the scheme has still not received any site forms for the following 
countries: Bahrain, Iran, Kuwait, Libya, Oman and South Yemen. The 
individual sites are listed below country by country, arranged from 
south to north with la titude/ longitude co-ordinates where these were 
given, and with the form compiler's n-ame( s) . 
E gypt 
Umm Agawish el-Kebir 
Giftun el-Saghir 
Abju Minqar 
Giftun Kebir 
Shadwan 
Tawila 
Umm el-Heimat Saghira 
Umm el-Heimat 
South Qeisum 
North Qeisum 
Ashrafi Islands 
27n0'N 33°53'E 
27°12'N 33°58'E 
27'13'N 33"52'E 
27n4'N 33''55'E 
27°30'N 34°00'E 
27°35'N 33°46'E 
27''38'N 33°40'E 
27°40'N 33°38'E 
27^41'N 33'43'E 
27°42'N 33°41'E 
27°47'N 33*41'E 
D.Parr 
D.Parr 
D.Parr 
D.Parr 
D.Parr 
D.Parr 
D.Parr 
D.Parr 
D.Parr 
D.Parr 
D.Parr 
Jordan 
Fetra and surroundings 
30 
°20'N 35°27'E 
J .Wi ttenberg 
Leba non 
Nahr el Hasbani 
B. Me ling 
Qa tar 
Sand Plant Pools 
Abu Nakhala New Ponds 
Wadi as Sameer Old Ponds 
Bir Al Husayn Oasis 
25°04'N 5m3'E 
25°10'N 5r23'E 
25°14'N 51°30'E 
25°32'N 50°57'E 
R.L. S I . \. G.Gardner 
R.L. & I. A. G.Gardner 
R.L. & I. \. G.Gardner 
R.L. & I. A. G.Gardner 
