Ornithological records and photographs for Around the Region should be sent as soon as possible after the event to Around the Region, OSME, c/o The Lodge, Sandy, Bedfordshire SG19 2DL, U.K.  You can also email records to atrATosme.org or send them using the following form:-

Records and sightings in Around the Region are published for interest only; their inclusion does not imply acceptance by the records committee of the relevant country. Some records have been authenticated and these are usually indicated

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The following assisted in the compilation of this review: Abdulrahman al-Sirhan, Khaled al-Ghanem, Rashed al Hajji, Mishal al-Jeriwi, Khaled al-Nasrallah, Hussain al-Qallaf, Abdulmohsen al-Surayae, Simon Aspinall, Ahmad Barati, Richard Bonser, Gary Brown, Jamie Buchan, Hugh Buck, Colin Conroy, Kris de Rouck, Helen Demopoulos, Philippe Dubois, Johan Elmberg, Lee Evans, Pekka Fagel, Brian Foster, Barak Granit, Ian Harrison, Kenny Hessel, Erik Hirschfeld, Jon Hornbuckle, Shady Indary, Moldovan Istvan, Sharif Jbour, Faisal Jelabi, Nabil Khairallah, Howard King, Anssi Kullberg, Graham R Lobley, Edith Loosli, Ramat Magshimim, Mary Megalli, Nick Moran, David Murdoch, Chris Naylor, Mike Orr, Ortac Onmus, Tommy Pederson, Yoav Perlman, Cliff Peterson, Mike Pope, Richard Porter, Richard Prior, Colin Richardson, Phil Roberts, Gordon Saunders, Mahmoud Shihab, Mudhafar Salim, David Stanton, J-M Thiollay, Simon Tull, Karen Wade, Geoff Welch, Nizamettin Yavuz, Emin Yogurtcuöglu