The latest projects that the African Bird Club (ABC) is supporting through our Awards Programme are:
• A project on bird sound recording in Rwanda using citizen science methods by the Planet Birdsong Foundation and Mbonigaba Jean de Dieu (who received £3,000)
• A project on conserving threatened birds, climate resilience, people and nature in Kiang’ombe Hill Forest, Kenya, by James Mutunga Joshua (who was granted £3,000)
• A project using citizen science and community-based research to promote conservation of the Secretarybird in Nyanga IBA, Zimbabwe by Courage Tanatswa Chimbetete (who also received £3,000)
• An expedition looking at predation risk and adaptation of the critically endangered Raso Lark in the Marine Protected Area of Santa Luzia, Cabo Verde, by Stephane Caut (who was awarded £5,000)
• An urgent survey of Archer’s Lark (Liben Lark) in eastern Ethiopia by a BirdLife International team led by Bruktawit Abdu (who received £3,418)
• A project by Bill Clark (who was granted £3,937) to restore Common Ostrich Struthio camelus camelus at Ferlo North Wildlife Reserve, Senegal
• A population size estimate and threat assessment of Abyssinian Ground Hornbill in Nigeria by Yahkat Barshep (who was awarded £2,930)
• A survey of Fox’s Weaver in north-eastern Uganda by Jonathan Onongo (who received £2,900)
• A survey of Karamoja Apalis in north-eastern Uganda by Jombela Salmah (who received £2,950)
• A project generating acoustic training data for automated recognition of avian species found in Kruger National Park, South Africa by Tess Gridley and Cat Nadin (who were awarded £3,000)
• A project by Jessica Wilmot (who received £3,000) tracking European Rollers within the East Atlantic Flyway
• A project by Eston Kimaswoch (who was granted £3,000) to set up bird clubs in schools between Lakes Elmenteita and Nakuru in Kenya
• Monitoring of the endemic subspecies of Cream-colored Courser in Cabo Verde by Claudino Silva (who received £2,886)
• Field training of university students by Mathieu Mahamoud-Issa (who was awarded £1,870) to promote bird surveys in Djibouti