The following assisted in the compilation of this review: Ahmed Abdallah, Mahmoud Abdallah, Alexander Abuladze, Marc Almecija, Mohammed Alshamlih, Vasil Ananian, lan Andrews, Simon Aspinall, Adib al-Assad, Imad Atrash, Sherif & Mindy Baha El Din, Thierry Bara, Ruud van Beusekom, BirdLife Cyprus Newsletter, Chris Bradshaw, Jamie Buchan, Eray Caglayan, David Callahan, Tom Coles, Judy Dawes, Adrian Drummond-Hill, Hugues Dufourny, E. & S. Durand, Peter Flint, Jeff Gordon, George Gregory, Andrew Grieve, Nader Hamidi, Chris Hewson, David Higgs, Erik Hirschfield, Remco Hofland, Süreyya Isfendiyaroglu, Justin Jansen, Mike Jennings, Abolghasem Khaleghizadeh, Fares Khoury, Guy M. Kirwan, Andrew Lassey, Susannah Lerman, James McCallum, Istvan Moldovan, David Murdoch, Seyed Babak Musavi, North Cyprus Birds website, Bill O'Brien, Rob Palmer, Yoav Perlman, Richard Porter, Alireza Rabiei, Colin Richardson, Magnus Robb, Tobias Roth, Omar Al-Saghier, Dave Sargeant, Derek A. Scott, Dave Sedgeley, Gianluca Serra, Roy Slaterus, James P. Smith, Jens Sogaard Hansen, Lars Svensson, Rene Vos, Colin Wells, David Whaley and Ignacio Yufera.

A Greylag Goose Anser anser was found dead at Ras Subiya on 2 February, as was a Goshawk Accipiter gentilis at Hujaijah on 16 April 2004. A juvenile Little Crake Porzana parva was at Sabah Al-Salem in early June 2004 and two pairs were probably present in the area. A Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva was at Sulaibikhat Bay on 9 January and seven Red-wattled Plovers Hoplopterus indicus at Abdali Farms from 18 March 2004. A Woodpigeon Columba palumbus was at Jahra Farms on 13 May, and two Great Spotted Cuckoos Clamator glandarius lingered at Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah Natural Reserve for several weeks from 19 March 2004. Two Dunn's Larks Eremalauda dunni at Bahra on 14 May, a Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris at Hujaijah on 30 April and an Eversmann's Redstart Phoenicurus erythronotus at Sabriya on 23 January 2004 were noteworthy. Warblers were represented by single Sykes's Warblers Hippolais (caligata) rama at Abdali Farms and Qaisat on 8 May, and by a Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus at Subiya on 29 April 2004. Two recently fledged Golden Orioles Oriolus oriolus were at Abdulla Al-Habashi Farm, Jahra, on 6 June 2004, suggesting local breeding. A pair of Woodchat Shrikes Lanius senator at the Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah Natural Reserve on 29 March was the first breeding record for Arabia. Additional sites for nesting Yellow-throated Sparrow Petronia xanthocollis were Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah Natural Reserve (three or more present from 16 April and a recently fledged juvenile photographed on 13 May) and perhaps Abdali Farms (single on 8 May 2004). A group of 25 Indian Silverbills Euodice malabarica at Al-Rai on 22 January 2004 was notable. The drinking pool in Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah Natural Reserve had three Cinereous Buntings Emberiza cineracea from 19 March, two Black-headed Buntings Emberiza melanocephala on 13 May, and a Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis, two Desert Finches Rhodospiza obsoleta, a female Common Rosefinch Carpodacus synoicus and a Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus on 20 May 2004.

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