Past Projects
The African Bird Club Conservation Fund has provided over £300,000 for conservation projects in Africa since its inception. Most of the funds were provided by generous donations from sponsors and members.
This page shows a brief summary of the awards which have been made including the project title, recipient, the country and the amount. Some of the projects in the list are shown in CAPITAL LETTERS and you can download reports of these by clicking on the project titles. The list does not include all of the most recent projects.
This page shows a brief summary of the awards which have been made including the project title, recipient, the country and the amount. Some of the projects in the list are shown in CAPITAL LETTERS and you can download reports of these by clicking on the project titles. The list does not include all of the most recent projects.
Summary of Conservation Awards
| Recipient/Organization | Country | Project Title | Award |
| 2018 | |||
| Russom Teklay | Eritrea | Bird monitoring workshop | £2,000 |
| Mauritz de Bruin | South Africa | Botha's Lark habitat conservation | £2,000 |
| Emma Stone / Amanda Harwood | Malawi | Vulture survey in Nyika NP | £1,985 |
| Sopani Sichinga | Malawi | Wattled Crane study, Nyika NP | £2,000 |
| 2017 | |||
| Andrew Bamford | Madagascar | AMBANORA WETLAND SURVEY* | £1,250 |
| Evan Buechley | Djibouti | Bab-el-Mandeb migration study | £3,000 |
| Yilma Dellelegn | Ethiopia | Bird Field Guide for Kaffa Biosphere Reserve | £2,000 |
| Fatima Ramzy | Nigeria | Green-breasted Bush-shrike | £1,902 |
| Mutunga Joshua | Kenya | GREY CROWNED-CRANE SURVEY | £1,999 |
| Solomon Kenyenso | Ghana | Hooded Vulture survey | £1,792 |
| Sam Osinubi | Uganda | INTRA-AFRICAN MIGRANT BIRDS STUDY* | £3,000 |
| Gilbert Micomyiza | Rwanda | Kigali vulture survey | £2,000 |
| Sama Zefania | Madagascar | Monitoring Madagascar Jacanas | £1,998 |
| Ciira Maina | Kenya | Mt Kenya acoustic monitoring | £1,916 |
| Petro Samwel | Tanzania | Owl egg trade around the Serengeti NP | £1,222 |
| Nicolas Zuël | Mauritius | Protecting Mauritius Olive White-eyes | £2,000 |
| Gary Allport | Mozambique | Steppe Whimbrel tagging | £4,000 |
| Michael Mills | Angola | The Special Birds of Angola | £1,521 |
| Basma Sheta | Egypt | Waterbird survey of Lake Burullus | £2,000 |
| 2016 | |||
| Darcy Ogada | Kenya | ABYSSINIAN OWL ON MT KENYA* | £1,991 |
| Gift Simon | South Sudan | Avifaunal survey of Bandingilo National Park | £1,870 |
| Didacus Tamambang | Cameroon | Bannerman's Turaco in the Bamenda Highlands | £2,000 |
| Sheku Kamara | Sierra Leone | BIODIVERSITY OF LAKE SONFON* | £2,000 |
| Sherry McKelvie | Uganda | BIRD FIELD GUIDES* | £350 |
| Mauritz de Bruin | South Africa | CONSERVATION OF BOTHA'S LARK* | £2,000 |
| Mohamed Amezian | Morocco | Egyptian Vulture survey in Middle Atlas | £2,000 |
| Michael Kibuule | Uganda | HOODED VULTURE STATUS OUTSIDE PROTECTED AREAS* | £1,000 |
| Innocent Magunje | Zimbabwe | LAKE CHIVERO WATERBIRDS* | £1,914 |
| Sama Zefania | Madagascar | Madagascar Jacana survey | £1,936 |
| Alex Goncalves | Cape Verde | Maio Island survey | £1,896 |
| Edwin Gichohi | Kenya | Mangea Hill forest survey | £2,000 |
| Aina Fatai | Benin | NOKOUE LAKE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION* | £1,995 |
| Dominic Kimani | Kenya | Sharpe's Longclaw survey | £1,964 |
| Luca Borghesio | Kenya | STATUS OF TAITA THRUSH* | £1,500 |
| Gary Allport | Mozambique | Steppe Whimbrel satellite tagging | £2,750 |
| Emmanuel Fidelis Mgimwa | Tanzania | Usambara Weaver survey | £2,000 |
| 2015 | |||
| Debbie Fogell | Mauritius | BEAK AND FEATHER DISEASE IN MAURITIUS PARAKEET* | £2,000 |
| GIE Niokolo | Senegal | BIRD SURVEYS IN PARC NATIONAL NIOKOLO-KOBA* | £2,000 |
| Martin Mwema | Kenya | Breeding survey of Roseate Terns | £1,980 |
| Roger Skeen | Uganda | FOX'S WEAVER SURVEY | £2,000 |
| Lydia Tushabe | Uganda | GRAUER'S SWAMP-WARBLER SURVEY* | £2,000 |
| Gabriel Ngale | Kenya | HINDE'S BABBLER CONSERVATION MONTH* | £2,000 |
| Emily Otali | Uganda | Kibale Forest Schools Programme | £1,983 |
| Mwangi Wa Gitau | Kenya | LAKE ELEMENTAITA ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION* | £1,883 |
| Luca Borghesio | Tanzania | MOUNT NILO SURVEY* | £1,500 |
| Ana Isabel Pinto Coelho | Sao Tome and Principe | SEED DISPERSION BY BIRDS IN SAO TOME* | £1,631 |
| Eric Sande | Uganda | Survey of Nahan's Partridge in Uganda and DRC | £3,000 |
| Lawrence Waguru | Kenya | Taita Hills forest connectivity | £1,903 |
| Roger Parry | Zimbabwe | VULTURE SURVEY IN ZIMBABWE* | £2,000 |
| 2014 | |||
| Ebenezer Olubunmi Coker | Nigeria | Anambra Waxbill study | £1,775 |
| Cosima Tegetmeyer | Senegal | AQUATIC WARBLER MONITORING* | £2,960 |
| AQUATIC WARBLER MONITORING - FRANCAISE.pdf | |||
| Helena Reis Batalha | Cape Verde | CAPE VERDE WARBLER* | £3,000 |
| Andrew Bladon | Ethiopia | ETHIOPIAN BUSH-CROW AND WHITE-TAILED SWALLOW | £2,000 |
| Yvonne Nso Takangeyong | Cameroon | Guide to the birds of Takamanda National Park | £1,500 |
| Gladys Kung'u | Kenya | MACCOA DUCK SURVEY* | £1,804 |
| Sylviane Volampeno | Madagascar | MADAGASCAR SACRED IBIS SURVEY* | £1,500 |
| Marcel Ashute Essebe | Cameroon | Mt Cameroon Francolin survey | £2,000 |
| Cooperative of the guides of Niokolo-Koba NP | Senegal | NIOKOLO-KOBA NP GUIDE TRAINING - ENGLISH* | £1,550 |
| 2014_Niokolo_training_French.pdf | |||
| Mbeson Emmanuel Bessong | Nigeria | OLIVE IBIS CONSERVATION* | £2,000 |
| Sama Zefania | Madagascar | RED-SHOULDERED VANGA SURVEY* | £1,493 |
| Nicolas Zuël and Nik Cole | Mauritius | REINTRODUCTION OF MAURITIUS CUCKOO-SHRIKE AND MASCARENE PARADISE FLYCATCHER TO FERNEY VALLEY | £920 |
| Marwa Taha Elhaj Adam | Sudan | Sewage and species in Sudan | £1,575 |
| Wismer Cherono Bore | Kenya | SHARPE'S LONGCLAW / ABERDARE CISTICOLA SURVEY* | £1,600 |
| Felix Razafindrajao | Madagascar | SURVEY OF LOZA BAY* | £1,970 |
| Nature Kenya | Kenya | Taita Hills land purchase | £25,000 |
| Chris Hewson | UK - Gambia | Tracking Nightingales to West Africa | £2,000 |
| Amina Njoki | Kenya | Uaso Narok Forest Reserve survey | £1,380 |
| Chacha Werema | Tanzania | Uluguru Bush-shrike | £2,000 |
| 2013 | |||
| Zeph Migeni | Kenya | ANYIKO WETLANDS MONITORING* | £1,496 |
| Stuart Sharp | Congo | Avian Biodiversity Lower Kouilou Basin | £1,441 |
| Edwin Gichohi Njuguna | Kenya | AVIFAUNAL SURVEY OF KARIMA FOREST* | £1,048 |
| Portuguese Society for the Study of Birds (SPEA) | Azores | AZORES BULLFINCH CONSERVATION | £1,000 |
| Oluwabunmi Jegede | Nigeria | BIRD IDENTIFICATION WORKSHOP* | £1,337 |
| Maurice Ogoma | Kenya | BLUE SWALLOW IN BUSIA GRASSLANDS* | £1,500 |
| David Richardson | Cape Verde | CAPE VERDE WARBLER RESEARCH* | £1,500 |
| Alex Tavares Gonçalves | Cape Verde | COURSER ON MAIO* | £1,650 |
| Esther Wangui | Kenya | DZOMBO FOREST SURVEY* | £1,996 |
| Sama Monde | Sierra Leone | EMERALD STARLING SURVEY* | £1,500 |
| Elliot Kinsey | Tanzania | FIRE IMPACTS IN THE SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK | £1,500 |
| Sarah Nachuha | Uganda | GREY CROWNED CRANE IN DOHO* | £1,500 |
| Japheth S T Roberts | Ghana | HOODED VULTURE SURVEY* | £1,430 |
| Nsajigwa Kyonjole | Tanzania | Long-billed Tailorbird in Amani | £1,500 |
| Arjun Amar | South Africa | MARTIAL EAGLE DECLINE* | £1,500 |
| Lucy Wamuyu Muithui | Kenya | MOUNT KULAL SURVEY | £1,835 |
| Mohamed Znari | Morocco | Northern Bald Ibis | £1,500 |
| Eduardo Garcia del Ray | Canary Islands | PLAIN SWIFT MIGRATION - FINAL* | £1,500 |
| Houssein Rayaleh | Djibouti | RAPTOR MIGRATION SURVEY* | £347 |
| Manu Shiiwua | Nigeria | ROSY BEE-EATER SURVEY* | £2,553 |
| Lucy Kemp | South Africa | SOUTHERN GROUND HORNBILL WORKSHOP* | £1,500 |
| Lawrence Wagura | Kenya | TAITA HILLS CONSERVATION EDUCATION* | £1,347 |
| BirdLife South Africa | South Africa | WHITE-WINGED FLUFFTAIL RESEARCH* | £1,194 |
| 2012 | |||
| Maurice Ogoma | Kenya | BLUE SWALLOW SURVEY* | £1,488 |
| Peter Magosvongwe / BLZ | Zimbabwe | BVUMBA HIGHLANDS | £1,500 |
| Rob Sheldon | Sao Tome | Endangered species recovery | £500 |
| Danae Sheenan / Jenny Dunn | Burkina Faso | EUROPEAN TURTLE DOVES INFECTION* | £2,000 |
| Dylis Ndibaise / A Rocha | Uganda | GREY CROWNED CRANE* | £1,500 |
| Alex M. Syingi | Kenya | HINDE'S BABBLER POPULATION SURVEY* | £1,443 |
| Edson Mlamba et al | Kenya | KITOBO FOREST SURVEY* | £1,971 |
| George Ndung'u Muigai | Kenya | LAKE OL BOLOSSAT* | £860 |
| Juliet Kinyua | Kenya | LESSER FLAMINGO* | £1,467 |
| Ben Phalan / Lincoln Fishpool | Liberia | LIBERIAN GREENBUL QUEST* | £1,980 |
| Edson Mlamba et al Makerere University | Uganda | National Biodiversity Databank | £720 |
| BTO | Ghana | Out of Africa | £400 |
| Various | Tanzania | PAOC Attendance | £5,470 |
| Luca Borghesio | Kenya | TAITA APALIS* | £900 |
| Maurice Ogoma | Kenya | WATERBIRDS AQUACULTURE CONFLICT* | £1,474 |
| Frank Bapeamoni / Stijn Cooleman | DRC | Yangambi Reserve Greenbuls | £1,500 |
| 2011 | |||
| Stephen Carr | Malawi | ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION* | £1,496 |
| Roger Skeen | Uganda | KARAMOJA APALIS* | £540 |
| Maurice Ogoma | Kenya | LAKE KENYATTA ECOSYSTEM PRELIM* | £1,000 |
| Kenya_lake_kenyatta_2011_final.pdf | |||
| Kenya_lake_kenyatta_map_2011.pdf | |||
| Sama Zefania | Madagascar | RED-SHOULDERED VANGA* | £991 |
| Nickson Otieno | Kenya | SOKOKE PIPIT* | £1,165 |
| Abdi Jama | Somalia | Somali Stock Dove | £2,000 |
| Joseph Mwangi | Kenya | TANA RIVER DELTA SURVEY* | £1,522 |
| RSPB | Tristan da Cunha | TRISTAN ROCKHOPPER PENGUIN* | £1,250 |
| Solomon Kipkoech | Kenya | WILLIAM'S LARK* | £1,090 |
| 2010 | |||
| Philista Malaki | Kenya | ABERDARE CISTICOLA* | £700 |
| Peter Njoroge | Kenya | BIRD FIELD LISTS* | £1,000 |
| Houssein Rayaleh | Djibouti | DJIBOUTI FRANCOLIN* | £1,000 |
| Ivalo Angelo | Sudan | EGYPTIAN VULTURE CONSERVATION | £1,000 |
| Ireene Madindou | Kenya | GREY PARROT SURVEY* | |
| Tiwonge Mzumara | Malawi | LILIAN'S LOVEBIRD* | £960 |
| Derek Pomeroy | Uganda | ORNITHOLOGY TRAINING* | £1,330 |
| Charlie Gardner | Madagascar | SPINY FOREST* | £760 |
| BirdLife appeal | Madeira | ZINO'S PETREL* | £250 |
| 2009 | |||
| Michael Mills | Angola | BLACK-TAILED CISTICOLA | £500 |
| Stephen Boyes | South Africa | CAPE PARROT | £820 |
| Martin Odino | Kenya | KENYA YALA SWAMP* | £850 |
| Haitham Ibrahim | Egypt | Lake Nasser | £850 |
| Alfred Owino | Kenya | OXPECKER SURVEY* | £900 |
| Dieter Oschadleus | South Africa | PASSERINE MOVEMENTS* | £500 |
| Russom Toklay | Eritrea | Sociable Lapwing | £1,250 |
| Andrew Jenkins | South Africa | TAITA FALCON* | £300 |
| Peter Njoroge | Kenya | VULTURE AWARENESS* | £1,000 |
| Abdi Ali Jama | Somalia | VULTURE SURVEY* | £1,100 |
| Allai Orimba | Kenya | YALA SWAMP* | £1,000 |
| Sam Osinubi | Nigeria | YELLOW_BREASTED BOUBOU SONG ANALYSIS* | £1,800 |
| 2008 | |||
| Doug Harbottle | Zambia | Afring Course | £500 |
| Claudien Nsabagasani | Rwanda | AKANYURA WETLAND SURVEY* | £1,000 |
| Lucy Muithui | Kenya | AMANI SUNBIRD* | £650 |
| PAOC 2008 | South Africa | Conference sponsorship | £1,000 |
| Donella Young | South Africa | COORDINATED AVIFAUNAL ROAD COUNTS* | £800 |
| Lucy Muithui | Kenya | DAUA RIVER SURVEY* | £800 |
| Geoff Welch / Mahamoud Houssein Warsama | Djibouti | DJIBOUTI FRANCOLIN* | £500 |
| Francis Kandoya | Tanzania | JACKSON'S WIDOWBIRD SURVEY* | £500 |
| Neil Taylor / BirdLife Botswana | Botswana | Kalahari Transect Survey | £650 |
| Leonard Akwany | Kenya | Lake Victoria Birds | £850 |
| University of East Anglia | Tanzania | MPINGO FOREST SURVEY* | £1,000 |
| Michael Mills | Angola | MUSEUM SKIN SURVEY | £980 |
| Michael Mills | Angola | MUSEUM SKIN SURVEY | £1,000 |
| Simon Musila | Kenya | NORTH NANDI SURVEY* | £1,000 |
| Keddy Mooketsa | Botswana | PAOC 2008 attendance | £300 |
| Wanyoike Wamiti | Kenya | PAOC 2008 attendance | £700 |
| Luca Borghesio | Kenya | SHARPE'S LONGCLAW SURVEY* | £800 |
| Makerere University | Uganda | Small grants | £300 |
| Dawit Semere | Eritrea | SOCOTRA CORMORANT CENSUS* | £1,000 |
| Phil Shaw, ITFC | Uganda | STRIPE-BREASTED TIT* | £642 |
| 2007 | |||
| WCST | Tanzania | Coastal forests survey | £860 |
| Ronald Mulwa | Kenya | GREY PARROT IN KAKAMEGA FOREST* | £900 |
| Sama Zefania, ANGAP | Madagascar | LAKE TSIMANAMPETSOTSA* | £848 |
| Mauritian Wildlife Foundation | Mauritius | MAURITIUS WHITE-EYE* | £750 |
| Rufus Idris | Nigeria | NIGER DELTA SURVEYS* | |
| Thomas Gottschalk | Uganda | OBERLANDER'S GROUND THRUSH* | £900 |
| Keddy Mooketsa / Chris Brewster / BirdLife Botswana | Botswana | SHORT-CLAWED LARK IN BOTSWANA | £850 |
| Derek Pomeroy | Uganda | Small projects for students at Makerere University, Kampala | £300 |
| Donald Scott, University of Brighton | Madagascar | Spiny Forest Expedition | £1,000 |
| Hichem Azafzaf | Libya | Tern surveys | £500 |
| Dar es Salaam University | Tanzania | UVIDUNDA MOUNTAINS SURVEY* | £1,000 |
| 2006 | |||
| Lake Victoria Sunset Birders | Kenya | DUNGA WETLANDS PROTECTION* | £800 |
| Lassana Bagayogo | Mali | Education and bird counts at wetlands | £900 |
| Wanbugu Mwangi | Kenya | JACKSON'S WIDOWBIRD* | £900 |
| Julius Kimani | Kenya | Kikuyu escarpment survey | £750 |
| Makerere University | Uganda | NAHAN'S FRANCOLIN* | £550 |
| Wanyoike Wamiti | Kenya | NAMANGA HILLS EXPEDITION* | £1,000 |
| RSPB | Ethiopia | Northern Bald Ibis | £270 |
| University of Cape Town | South Africa | ROAD COUNT PROJECT* | £800 |
| Marc Rabenandrasana | Madagascar | SAKALAVA RAIL SURVEY* | £1,000 |
| ASITY | Madagascar | Support of local Birdfair | £215 |
| Luca Borghesio | Tanzania | Survey of plantations in the Usambaras | £675 |
| Savanna Conservation | Nigeria | VULTURES OF YANKARI* | £850 |
| Lizanne Roxburgh | Zambia | ZAMBIA BARBET* | £590 |
| 2005 | |||
| KZN Wildlife | South Africa | BEARDED VULTURE SURVEY* | £750 |
| Kabelo | Botswana | BIRDS OF BOTSWANA* | £1,000 |
| Hugh Doulton | Comoros Islands | COMORES AVIFAUNA SURVEY* | £800 |
| Robert Kizungu | DR Congo | Congo Bay Owl | £200 |
| Merid Nega Gabrimicael | Ethiopia | HIGHLANDS OF ETHIOPIA* | £850 |
| West Cape Conservation | South Africa | House Crows | £1,000 |
| Mauritian Wildlife Foundation | Mauritius | MAURITIUS FODY TRANSLOCATION* | £500 |
| Derek Pomeroy | Uganda | Small projects for students at Makerere University, Kampala | £300 |
| University of Cape Town | South Africa | TAITA FALCON SURVEY* | £750 |
| Richard Mellanby | Ethiopia | YABELLO EXPEDITION* | £1,000 |
| 2004 | |||
| PAOC 2004 | Tunisia | Contribution to cost of conference | £1,850 |
| Louis Nkementeh | Cameroon | Distribution and abundance of forest birds | £750 |
| Phil McGowan | Djibouti | DJIBOUTI FRANCOLIN SURVEY* | £750 |
| Claire Buckley | Namibia | Expedition award to study Cape Vultures | £1,000 |
| John Musina | Kenya | Hinde's Babbler biology | £720 |
| Sama Zefania | Madagascar | MADAGASCAR PLOVER BIOLOGY* | £1,000 |
| Sama Zefania | Madagascar | MADAGASCAR PLOVER BROCHURE* | |
| Nature Seychelles | Seychelles | SEYCHELLES WARBLER AND FODY TRANSLOCATION* | £750 |
| Makerere University | Uganda | Small projects for students | £300 |
| Potiphar M.Kaliba | Malawi | Survey of Blue Swallows | £800 |
| Abdu Karekoona | Tanzania | Survey of coastal bird populations in Dar-es-Salaam | £750 |
| Bob Dowsett | Mali | Surveys of wooded savannas | £750 |
| Pre 2004 | |||
| Frank Hawkins | Madagascar | Alaotra Little Grebe survey | £1,115 |
| Dale Hanmer | Zimbabwe | Analysis of long term ringing data | £400 |
| Makerere University | Uganda | Award scheme for small projects | £500 |
| Richard Dean | South Africa | Bird skins in museum at Bulawayo | £500 |
| Tadesse W Gole | Ethiopia | Bird study, Gambella region | £740 |
| Tharcisse Ukizintambara | Rwanda | BirdLife SA Internship | £400 |
| Simon Musila | Kenya | CHAPIN'S FLYCATCHER IN KAKAMEGA FOREST | £750 |
| Tadesse W Gole | Ethiopia | Conference attendance | £250 |
| Albertine Rift Conservation Society | Conference on species data mobilisation and sharing | £1,000 | |
| C.T.Mulotswam | Democratic Republic of Congo | Congo Peafowl resurvey | £500 |
| Christine Dranzoa | Uganda | Conservation of Nahan's Francolin | £615 |
| Dawit Berhane | Eritrea | Crowned Crane study and IBA inventories | £800 |
| Kakamega Guides Assoc | Kenya | Education project | £750 |
| Nickson Erick Otiena | Kenya | Effect of logging on Abbott's Starling | £762 |
| Uganda Bird Guides Club | Uganda | Equipment | £65 |
| Prospert Compaorte | Burkina Faso | Equipment for waterbird surveys | £1,000 |
| Jaime Perez del Val | Annobon, Equatorial Guinea | Expedition Award (First award by ABC) | £1,000 |
| Claire Spottiswoode | South Africa | Expedition to Namuli Forest | |
| Norbert Cordeiro | Tanzania | Fragmentation and bird populations | £259 |
| Craig Symes | South Africa | Grey-headed Parrot research | £300 |
| Geoff Welch | Djibouti | IBA monitoring in Djibouti | £750 |
| Fabian Musila | Kenya | Impacts of logging on Sokoke Pipit | £750 |
| Jerome Mokolo Ikonga | Congo | Kouilou Basin waterbird survey | £1,000 |
| Michael Maina Macharia | Kenya | Lake Naivasha nestbox project | £500 |
| Sama Zefania | Madagascar | Lake Sariaka waterbird surveys | £750 |
| Dianah Nalwanga | Uganda | Land use & biodiversity issues | £550 |
| GOMAC | Morocco | Lesser Kestrel research | £688 |
| Nature Kenya | Kenya | Mao Narok Grassland Expedition | £1,067 |
| Ornithological Association | Zimbabwe | Ornithological training course | £500 |
| PAOC | PAOC abstracts booklet | £920 | |
| Nature Kenya | Kenya | PAOC attendance | £750 |
| Dr Vincent Ejere | Nigeria | PAOC attendance | £865 |
| Moussa Sega Diop | Senegal | PAOC attendance | £790 |
| Nigerian Cons. Foundation | Nigeria | Production of activity manual | £800 |
| Aride Island Reserve | Seychelles | Production of Creole leaflet | £400 |
| Mark Brown | South Africa | Ringing equipment | £390 |
| BirdLife Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe | Species of Robin in Eastern Highlands | £125 |
| Edward Ssebukyu | Uganda | St Agnes Wildlife Club | £100 |
| Ilya Maclean | Uganda | Study of Papyrus endemics | £1,000 |
| Nigerian Cons. Foundation | Nigeria | Swallow roost survey | £1,000 |
| Ronald Mulwa | Kenya | Taita White-eye research | £420 |
| Middlepunt Wetland Trust | South Africa | White-winged Flufftail research | £500 |
| Total: | £317,500 |
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