Volume 8.1

Personality: Anteneh Shimelis

Rodney Martins
p 10-11

Pelagic sea-birding off Cape Town, RSA

Callan Cohen, Claire Spottiswoode and Barrie Rose
p 12-17

Status and distribution of Hume's Tawny Owl in the Eastern Desert of Egypt

Sherif Baha El Din and Mindy Baha El Din
p 18-20

A new site for Newton's Fiscal Lanius newtoni

Valéry Schollaert and Gilles Willem
p 21-22

The second report of the Seychelles Bird Records Committee

Adrian Skerrett and the Seychelles Bird Records Committee
p 23-29

Magic, myth and misunderstanding: cultural responses to owls in Africa and their implications for conservation

Mark Cocker and Heimo Mikkola
p 30-35

The birds of Bijol Island, Tanji River (Karinti) Bird Reserve, The Gambia

Linda K Barnett, Craig Emms and Amadou Camara
p 39-43

New species and breeding records for The Gambia

Linda K Barnett, Craig Emms
p 44-45

Recoveries of birds ringed in Sénégal and The Gambia during recent years

S. J. R. Rumsey
p 46-47

Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularia in Kenya: the first record in sub-Saharan Africa

Richard and Anne Bishop
p 48-49

First record of Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularia for Cameroon and Central Africa

Marc Languy and Xavier Lambin
p 50

European Bee-eater Merops apiaster and Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola: the first records for Seychelles

Adrian Skerrett
p 51-53

A survey of birds on Annobon Island, Equatorial Guinea: preliminary report

Jaime Pérez del Val
p 54

Swimming doves in Mauritius

Kerem Ali Boyla
p 55-56

Clamorous Reed Warblers Acrocephalus stentoreus nesting in maize

Peter Castell
p 56

Little-known African bird: observations on Loango Slender-billed Weaver Ploceus subpersonatus in Congo-Brazzaville

Pierre Bulens and R.J. Dowsett
p 57-58

First record of European Griffon for Kenya

William S. Clark
p 59

Première observation de la Cigogne blanche au Congo-Brazzaville

Jérôme Mokoko Ikonga et Paco Bockandza
p 61