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.   

The following assisted in the compilation of this review: Alexander Abuladze, Yosef Ali Alzaby, Vasil Ananian, Ian Andrews, Parviz Bakhtiari, Gerry Bilbao, Tom Coles, Judy Dawes, Rob Felix, Peter Flint, Ramezanali Ghaemi, Jan Goedelt, Ian Green, Nader Hamidi, Tomas Haraldsson, Peter Hellyer, Volker Hesse, Menno Hornman, Lior Kislev, Abolghasem Khaleghizadeh, Marcus Kohler, Graham Langley, Alexander Lees, Graham Lobley, Martin Lok, Mary Megalli, Peter Meininger, Babak Musavi, Yoav Perlman, Thomas Pettersson, Stefan Pfutzke, Colin Richardson, Nir Sapir, Dave Sargeant, Heiko Schmaljohann, Shellie Senzer, David Stanton, Marius Teeuw, Hannes Uhlig, Magnus Ullman, Harvey van Diek, Colin Walters, David Whaley, Frank Willems and Mark Zekhuis

At Arapan Reservoir there were three adult and one juvenile Black Stork Ciconia nigra on 1 September. Two pairs of Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia were found breeding in the Ararat district in June 2004, with young still in the nest on 23 July (first bred 2003 after 50 years). The Greylag Goose Anser anser is a rare localised breeder so a pair seen on 11 June and single on 20 July in Ararat district are notable records. Seven were at Armash on 14 September. Small parties of two-six Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris were seen throughout June and July in Ararat district where it is an uncommon localised breeder. Three were at Armash on 14 September. Three Black Vulture Aegypius monachus were seen together on 21 July in Aragats Mountains; it is a rare and localised breeder in Armenia. A subadult/adult Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis at highland valley in Vayots Dzor district on 8 June was an unusual summer record. Two males and a possible female Seesee Partridge Ammoperdix griseogularis were at Syunik on 10 June (first recorded in Armenia in 2003).At Armash there were ten White-tailed Plover Chettusia leucura on 1 July, a single Broad-billed Sandpiper Limicola falcinellus at Vardakar Reservoir on 1 September with a single at Armash on 14 September. Fifteen Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatalis were at Armash on 7 September, with a Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus there on 14 September. An adult Caspian Tern Sterna caspia at Armash on 11 September was the fifth for Armenia.

A colony of Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus were found breeding in the Arax Valley on 24 June (14 individuals) 24 June and 25 were at Armash on 1 July. Citrine Wagtails Motacilla citreola were found breeding at a new (second) site at Lake Sevan with at least two pairs on 4 June; adults with juveniles were recorded later at this site. Two (possibly three) first-winters were there on 7 September. At least five Red-tailed Wheatear Oenanthe xanthoprymna were at the traditional site in Syunik district on 10 June and two pairs were in the Ararat district on 26 June and 1 July and were seen feeding fledlings on 20 July. The sixth River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis for Armenia was found at Aragats on 30 May. Singing Savi's Warbler L. luscinioides were recorded through May-July in Ararat district where it is a rare and localised recent colonist. Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon is rarely recorded during the breeding season so a record of a singing male on 2 June in Ararat district was notable. Four Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola were at Armash on 1 July and six were singing throughout May-July in Ararat district. At least two pairs of Mongolian Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes mongolicus were in the Arax Valley with nest building observed on 10 June, one (possibly two) family groups with juveniles on 20 July. A group of five were there on 14 September. Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus is a rare and localised breeder in Armenia so the record of at least three pairs in Ararat district adults with strong-flying juveniles 1-20 July is notable. In Vedi Hills, at least eight Grey-necked Bunting Emberiza buchanani were recorded on 1 July.