African Bird Club Conservation Fund Projects

ABC would like to acknowledge the generous support of the following organisations which funded projects in 2005-2008

Summary of Conservation Awards

Recipient / Organisation	Country	Project Title	Award (£)
2008
Michael Mills	Angola	Museum Skin Survey	1000
Neil Taylor / BirdLife Botswana	Botswana	Kalahari Transect Survey	650
Lucy Muithui	Kenya	Amani Sunbird	650
Lucy Muithui	Kenya	Malkamari Survey	800
Donella Young	South Africa	Coordinated Avifaunal Road Count	800
Claudien Nsabagasani	Rwanda	Akanyaru Survey	1000
Dawit Semere	Eritrea	Socotra Cormorant Census	1000
Geoff Welch / Mahamoud Houssein Warsama	Djibouti	Djibouti Francolin	500
2007
Mauritian Wildlife Foundation	Mauritius	Mauritius White-eye	750
Dar es Salaam University	Tanzania	Uvidunda Mountains survey	1000
Sama Zefania, ANGAP	Madagascar	Lake Tsimanampetsotsa *	848
Rufus Idris	Nigeria	Niger Delta Surveys	780
Thomas Gottschalk	Uganda	Oberlander's Ground-Thrush	900
Jasson John, WCST	Tanzania	Coastal forests survey	860
Ronald Mulwa	Kenya	Grey Parrot in Kakamega Forest*	900
Derek Pomeroy	Uganda	Small projects for students at Makerere University, Kampala	300
Hichem Azafzaf	Libya	Tern surveys	500
Donald Scott, University of Brighton	Madagascar	Spiny Forest Expedition	1000
Keddy Mooketsa  / Chris Brewster / BirdLife Botswana	Botswana	Short-clawed Lark	850
2006
Marc Rabenandrasana	Madagascar	Sakalava Rail population surveys *	1000
Lizanne Roxburgh	Zambia	Zambia Barbet *	590
Lake Victoria Sunset Birders	Kenya	Dunga Wetlands protection	800
Wanyoike Wamiti	Kenya	Namanga Hills forest expedition	1000
Luca Borghesio	Tanzania	Survey of plantations in the Usambaras	675
ASITY	Madagascar	Support of local Birdfair	215
Julius Kimani	Kenya	Kikuyu escarpment survey	750
Wanbugu Mwangi	Kenya	Jackson's Widowbird	900
Lassana Bagayogo	Mali	Education and bird counts at wetlands	900
University of Cape Town	South Africa	Road count project *	800
Makerere University	Uganda	Nahan's Francolin	550
RSPB	Ethiopia	Northern Bald Ibis	270
Savanna Conservation	Nigeria	Vultures of Yankari	850
2005
Merid Nega Gabrimicael	Ethiopia	Highlands of Ethiopia	850
West Cape Conservation	South Africa	House Crows	1000
KZN Wildlife	South Africa	Bearded Vulture surveys	750
Richard Mellanby	Ethiopia	Yabello expedition	1000
Hugh Doulton	Comoros Islands	Survey of rare avifauna *	800
Kabelo	Botswana	Translation of bird book into Setswana	1000
Derek Pomeroy	Uganda	Small projects for students at Makerere University, Kampala	300
Mauritian Wildlife Foundation	Mauritius	Mauritius Fody translocation	500
University of Cape Town	South Africa	Taita Falcon survey	750
Robert Kizungu	DR Congo	Congo Bay Owl	200
2004
Phil McGowan	Djibouti	Survey of Djibouti Francolin	750
Potiphar M.Kaliba	Malawi	Survey of Blue Swallows	800
PAOC 2004	Tunisia	Contribution to cost of conference	1850
Claire Buckley	Namibia	2004 Expedition Award to study Cape Vultures on the Waterberg Plateau in Namibia	1000
Makerere University	Uganda	Small projects for students	300
Nature Seychelles	Seychelles	Translocation of Seychelles Warbler and Seychelles Fody	750
John Musina	Kenya	Hinde's Babbler biology	720
Sama Zefania	Madagascar	Madagascar Plover biology and public awareness campaign	1000
Bob Dowsett	Mali	Surveys of wooded savannas	750
Abdu Karekoona	Tanzania	Survey of coastal bird populations in Dar-es-Salaam	750
Louis Nkementeh	Cameroon	Distribution and abundance of forest birds	750
pre 2004
Middlepunt Wetland Trust	South Africa	White-winged Flufftail research	500
Dale Hanmer	Zimbabwe	Analysis of long term ringing data	400
Fabian Musila	Kenya	Impacts of logging on Sokoke Pipit	750
Ornithological Association	Zimbabwe	Ornithological training course	500
Norbert Cordeiro	Tanzania	Fragmentation and bird populations	259
Edward Ssebukyu	Uganda	St Agnes Wildlife Club	100
Kakamega Guides Assoc	Kenya	Education project	750
Christine Dranzoa	Uganda	Conservation of Nahan's Francolin	615
Tharcisse Ukizintambara	Rwanda	BirdLife SA Internship	400
Claire Spottiswoode	South Africa	Expedition to Namuli Forest	750
Michael Maina Macharia	Kenya	Lake Naivasha nestbox project	500
Craig Symes	South Africa	Grey-headed Parrot research	300
Frank Hawkins	Madagascar	Alaotra Little Grebe survey	1115
Ronald Mulwa	Kenya	Taita White-eye research	420
Tadesse W Gole	Ethiopia	Conference attendance	250
Aride Island Reserve	Seychelles	Production of Creole leaflet	400
Albertine Rift Conservation Society		Conference on species data mobilisation and sharing	1000
PAOC		PAOC abstracts booklet	920
Dr Vincent Ejere	Nigeria	PAOC attendance	865
Nature Kenya	Kenya	PAOC attendance	750
Moussa Sega Diop	Senegal	PAOC attendance	790
Uganda Bird Guides Club	Uganda	Equipment	65
Nigerian Cons. Foundation	Nigeria	Production of activity manual	800
Jaime Perez del Val	Annobon, Equatorial Guinea	EXPEDITION AWARD (First award by ABC)	1000
Geoff Welch	Djibouti	IBA monitoring in Djibouti	750
Tadesse W Gole	Ethiopia	Bird study, Gambella region	740
Mark Brown	South Africa	Ringing equipment	390
GOMAC	Morocco	Lesser Kestrel research	688
Nature Kenya	Kenya	Mao Narok Grassland Expedition	1067
Prospert Compaorte	Burkina Faso	Equipment for waterbird surveys	1000
Nigerian Cons. Foundation	Nigeria	Swallow roost survey	1000
Jerome Mokolo Ikonga	Congo	Kouilou Basin waterbird survey	1000
Sama Zefania	Madagascar	Lake Sariaka waterbird surveys	750
Makerere University	Uganda	Award scheme for small projects	500
Simon Musila	Kenya	Study of behaviour, habitat use and ecology of Chapin's Flycatcher in Kakamega Forest	750
C.T.Mulotswam	Democratic Republic of Congo	Congo Peafowl resurvey and ecological research (joint funded with RSPB)	500
Nickson Erick Otiena	Kenya	Effect of logging on Abbott's Starling	762
Ilya Maclean	Uganda	Study of Papyrus endemics with special reference to Papyrus Yellow Warbler	1000
Dawit Berhane	Eritrea	Crowned Crane study and IBA inventories	800
Richard Dean	South Africa	Study and inventory of collection of bird skins in museum at Bulawayo	500
Dianah Nalwanga	Uganda	Landuse & biodiversity issues in Uganda	550
BirdLife Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	Study of altitudinal migration of two species of robin in Eastern Highlands of Zimbabwe, using mist-netting and ringing	125
		TOTAL AWARDS	67039

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Last page update 8th July 2008