Since our Conservation Fund was launched in 1996, the African Bird Club (ABC) has made grants totalling over £500,000 to support more than 300 projects in almost 50 countries and territories of the ABC region.
Huge thanks go to all our generous donors, corporate sponsors and members, past and present, whose support has made this remarkable achievement possible.
This page summarises past projects that have been supported by ABC, including the project title, country, grantee/project lead, and value of each award.
Click on the project titles in bold type to download the final project reports, which show what our impact has been.
Click here to view summaries of the latest projects that we are supporting.
| Grantee/Project Lead | Country | Project Title | Award |
| 2022 | |||
| Amadou Bahleman | Benin | Conservation des Vautours Charognards dans les villes du nord | £3,000 |
| Thomas Kanyempura | Rwanda | Population size, distribution and community’s perceptions about vultures | £2,990 |
| Taiwo Adams | São Tomé and Príncipe | Breeding ecology of Principe Thrush | £5,000 |
| PAOC15 | Zimbabwe | Sponsorship | £9,493 |
| Camille Tchankpan | Benin | Étude de la pression de chasse en saison pluvieuse sur les oiseaux d’eaux des zones humides du sud | £3,000 |
| Laure Rurangwa | Rwanda | Compilation of traditional ornithological knowledge for long-term conservation of birds | £3,000 |
| Renel Bemaro | Madagascar | Helmet Vanga survey in Masoala National Park | £2,000 |
| Kumbirai Karen Chiro | Zimbabwe | Population, distribution and viability of Black Storks in Kwekwe | £3,000 |
| Peter Njeru | Kenya | Conservation of Hinde’s Babbler in Mutitu and Muumoni hill forests | £3,000 |
| Daniella Manewoung | Cameroon | Population status of large African hornbills and initiation of community-based conservation awareness in Douala-Edéa National Park | £3,000 |
| Claude Jacquot Ralazampirenena | Madagascar | Census and monitoring of Malagasy Pond Herons in Manombo Special Reserve | £2,768 |
| Ronald Chirimuta | Zimbabwe | Training youth club members in identifying and monitoring birds of Mavuradonha Wilderness Area | £2,998 |
| Michael Mills | Angola | Mapping Angolan bird distributions | £3,000 |
| Michael Andrew Jaka | Tanzania | Understanding socio-economic dimensions of threats to endemic lovebirds | £2,970 |
| 2021 | |||
| Eunice Kamau | Kenya | Abundance, diversity, and threats facing conservation of diurnal raptors in Lewa-Borana landscape and Ngare Ndare forest | £3,000 |
| Eric Djomo Nana | Cameroon | Understanding spatio-temporal distribution of Mount Cameroon Francolin to address conservation concerns about this species | £2,600 |
| Waldi Gurumse | Nigeria | Avian exploratory survey of lowland forest patches at Anwase in Kwande area of Benue State | £2,820 |
| Sascha Dueker | Zambia | Unravelling phylobiogeography of Zambezi River basin to inform conservation actions for Lilian’s and Black-cheeked Lovebirds | £4,963 |
| Gareth Tate | South Africa | Protecting Black Harrier breeding sites and reducing risk to wind farm mortalities | £1,950 |
| Callixte Gatali | Rwanda | Waterbird counts | £2,500 |
| Julia Lloyd | Uganda | Establishment of village bird clubs around Kibale National Park | £2,880 |
| Martin Mwangi | Kenya | Experimenting with nest boxes in conservation of Sokoke Scops-owl | £2,982 |
| Jombela Salmah | Uganda | Karamoja Apalis survey | £2,500 |
| Peter Njoroge | Kenya | Combating illegal poisoning of waterbirds in Mwea irrigation scheme | £2,990 |
| Charlotte Beauvoisin | Uganda | Digital marketing training for bird guides in Fort Portal and Kibale Conservation Area | £853 |
| Papanie Sesay & Andrea Haffner | Sierra Leone | Compilation of guide to common birds in local languages | £2,622 |
| Bárbara Freitas | São Tomé and Príncipe | Acoustic monitoring of the Scops owl and other threatened species on Príncipe Island | £4,980 |
| Cloé Pourchier | Niger | Addressing knowledge gaps on Rüppell’s Vulture and Egyptian Vulture populations in Koutous massif | £2,991 |
| 2020 | |||
| Denis Nyugah | Cameroon | Status of Bannerman’s Turaco on Mount Mbam | £2,875 |
| Shadia Ibrahim Kilwanila | Tanzania | Assessing illegal bird bushmeat trade and methods used in capturing birds around Mkungunero-Swagaswaga ecosystem | £2,982 |
| Papanie Bai-Sesay & Momoh Sesay | Sierra Leone | Promoting bird clubs and bird conservation | £2,834 |
| Shingirai Sakarombe | Zimbabwe | Status of Blue Swallow in Nyanga IBA | £2,991 |
| Aghah Valery Binda | Cameroon | Avifaunal survey of proposed Ebo National Park | £2,941 |
| Jonathan Onongo | Uganda | Fox’s Weaver survey | £2,976 |
| Francis Guetse | Cameroon | Distribution and density of Grey Parrots in buffer zone of Lobeke National Park | £3,000 |
| Emmanuel Mgimwa | Tanzania | Training on IBA monitoring | £3,000 |
| Clara Cassell | Liberia | Presence of KBA trigger species in Grand Kru forests | £2,992 |
| Abigail Karimanzira | Zimbabwe | Status, distribution and habitat viability of Lilian’s Lovebird in Mana Pools National Park | £2,976 |
| Sama Zefania | Madagascar | Distribution, population size and physico-chemical characters of water habitat of Sakalava Rail | £2,996 |
| Mathias D’haen | Malawi | Status of Spotted Ground Thrush on Mount Mulanje | £4,234 |
| Vikash Tatayah | Mauritius | A multi-species approach to confirm distribution of threatened Mauritian birds in the Bambou Mountains in the aftermath of Covid-19 through AudioMoth | £3,000 |
| Olubunmi Coker | Benin | Training workshop on bird atlasing and establishing bird clubs | £2,970 |
| Kyle Lloyd | South Africa | White-winged Flufftail research work | £3,000 |
| 2019 | |||
| Antonio Ngovene Junior | Mozambique | Bird diversity on Mount Gorongosa | £3,000 |
| Keddy Moleofi | Botswana | Improving data quality of bird population monitoring programme | £3,000 |
| Nature Kenya | Kenya | Tackling illegal killing of vultures in Mara region | £350 |
| Yodiney dos Santos & Frazer Sinclair | São Tomé and Príncipe | Building capacity for seabird research on Príncipe | £1,870 |
| Guilain Tsetagho | Cameroon | Breeding ecology of Grey-necked Rockfowl in proposed Ebo National Park | £3,000 |
| Josiah Ibrahim | Nigeria | Hausa language as a tool for conservation education | £2,742 |
| Nature Kenya | Kenya | Dakatcha Woodland land purchase | £20,000 |
| Kasanka Trust | Zambia | Conservation management of buffer zone surrounding Kasanka National Park | £7,500 |
| Renel Bemaro | Madagascar | Madagascar Sacred Ibis survey and community engagement in Mahavavy-Kinkony complex | £2,500 |
| Abebe Baye | Ethiopia | Reducing Bearded Vulture deaths from powerlines in Lalibela | £1,281 |
| James Mutunga Joshua | Kenya | Population and habitat status of Turner’s Eremomela in South Nandi Forest | £2,999 |
| Frances Taylor | South Africa | Training community volunteers in Cape Town as bird monitors | £3,000 |
| Lamin Jobartee | Gambia | Vulture survey | £3,000 |
| 2018 | |||
| Eric Djomo Nana | Cameroon | Bates’s Weaver survey in Dja Biosphere Reserve | £2,500 |
| Russom Teklay Tewelde | Eritrea | Training workshop on bird monitoring techniques | £2,000 |
| Chris Lamsdell | Gambia | Formation of bird ringing scheme | £2,262 |
| Chaona Phiri | Zambia | Assessment of factors influencing distribution and abundance of Black-cheeked Lovebird within its native range | £2,460 |
| Mauritz de Bruin | South Africa | Continuing conservation of Botha’s Lark and its threatened grassland habitat | £2,000 |
| Folaranmi Babalola | Nigeria | Creating awareness and developing skills in Kwara State secondary schools for bird conservation | £2,950 |
| Kari Jackson Bongnda | Cameroon | Avifaunal survey of Njinsing-Tabenken forest | £2,272 |
| Wanyoike Wamiti | Kenya | Population status and factors affecting conservation and survival of Grey Crowned Crane at Lake Ol’ Bolossat | £2,955 |
| Rogers Makau | Kenya | Grey Crowned Crane survey in Lake Victoria basin | £2,942 |
| Gladys Kung’u | Kenya | Hinde’s Babbler survey between Thika and Nairobi | £1,823 |
| Tsigereda Dessalegn | Ethiopia | Hooded Vulture survey in Addis Ababa and its environs | £3,000 |
| Nature Tanzania | Tanzania | Bird walks and waterbird counts to raise awareness in bird conservation | £3,000 |
| Jonah Gula | Zambia | Population demography and spatial ecology of Saddlebills in Greater Kafue and Liuwa ecosystems | £4,793 |
| Samuel Ng’ang’a Bakari | Kenya | Population and distribution of Sharpe’s Longclaw | £3,000 |
| Jim Kairu | Namibia | Breeding ecology of Southern Carmine Bee-eater | £2,960 |
| Merlyn Nomusa Nkomo | Zimbabwe | Population and habitat viability assessment for Southern Ground Hornbill in Matobo Hills and surrounding areas | £3,000 |
| Gilbert Adum | Ghana | Saving threatened birds in Sui River forest | £3,000 |
| Chaona Phiri | Zambia | Vulture survey in Luano Valley | £2,980 |
| Veronica Dandzo | Ghana | Vulture survey in Mole National Park | £2,000 |
| Amanda Harwood & Emma Stone | Malawi | Vulture survey in Nyika National Park | £1,985 |
| Sopani Sichinga | Malawi | Wattled Crane survey on Nyika plateau | £2,000 |
| 2017 | |||
| Andrew Bamford | Madagascar | Bird survey of Ambonara wetlands | £1,250 |
| Evan Buechley | Djibouti | Bird observations and notable sightings | £3,000 |
| Fatima Ramzy | Nigeria | Breeding ecology of Green-breasted Bushshrike | £1,902 |
| James Mutunga Joshua | Kenya | Grey Crowned Crane survey in Mwea irrigation scheme | £1,999 |
| Solomon Kenyenso | Ghana | Population surveys, people’s perceptions and conservation of Hooded Vultures in Sekondi-Takoradi metropolitan area | £1,792 |
| Samuel Temidayo Osinubi | Uganda and South Africa | Ecology and conservation of intra-African migrants | £3,000 |
| Gilbert Micomyiza | Rwanda | Vulture survey in Kigali | £2,000 |
| Sama Zefania & Sebastien Moehy | Madagascar | Monitoring Madagascar Jacana populations at key sites | £1,998 |
| Ciira Maina | Kenya | Acoustic monitoring of birds in Mt Kenya National Park | £1,916 |
| Nicolas Zuël | Mauritius | Identifying and managing nest aggressors to protect Mauritius Olive White-eyes | £2,000 |
| Michael Mills | Angola | Printing and distribution of free copies of The Special Birds of Angola/As Aves Especiais de Angola | £1,521 |
| Basma Sheta | Egypt | Biodiversity and habitat use of waterbirds in Lake Burullus | £2,000 |
| Francis Guetse | Cameroon | White-throated Mountain Babbler survey in Bakossi National Park | £2,000 |
| Petro Samwel | Tanzania | Investigating illegal trade in owls’ eggs | £1,222 |
| 2016 | |||
| Darcy Ogada & Paul Muriithi | Kenya | Habitat preferences of Abyssinian Owl on Mt Kenya | £1,991 |
| Gift Simon Demaya | South Sudan | Avifaunal survey of Bandingilo National Park | £1,870 |
| Mfombo Didicus Tamambang | Cameroon | Reducing threats of forest fires and feather harvesting to Bannerman’s Turaco in Bamenda highlands | £2,000 |
| Papanie Sesay | Sierra Leone | Biodiversity survey of Lake Sonfon and its environs | £2,000 |
| Sherry McKelvie & Alfred Twinomujuni | Uganda | Training for bird guides | £350 |
| Mauritz de Bruin | South Africa | Conserving Botha’s Lark and its threatened grassland habitat | £2,000 |
| Mohamed Amezian | Morocco | Egyptian Vulture survey in Middle Atlas | £2,000 |
| Micheal Kibuule | Uganda | Status of Hooded Vulture in major urban centres | £1,000 |
| Innocent Magunje | Zimbabwe | Reducing impacts of gill netting on waterbirds at Lake Chivero | £1,914 |
| Sama Zefania & Sebastien Moehy | Madagascar | Madagascar Jacana survey | £1,936 |
| Alex Tavares Gonçalves & Sara Ratão | Cabo Verde | Bird survey and community engagement on Maio | £1,896 |
| Edwin Njuguna | Kenya | Avifaunal survey of Mangea Hill forest | £2,000 |
| Fataï Aina | Benin | Conservation education and awareness raising at Lake Nokoué | £1,995 |
| Dominic Kimani | Kenya | Movements of Sharpe’s Longclaw in montane grasslands | £1,964 |
| PAOC14 | Senegal | Sponsorship | £4,275 |
| Luca Borghesio, Mwangi Githiru, Lawrence Wagura & James Maina Gichia | Kenya | Reassement of status of Taita Thrush | £1,500 |
| Gary Allport & Mariana Carvalho | Mozambique | Movements and migration of Steppe Whimbrel in Maputo Bay with update | £6,750 |
| Emmanuel Fidelis Mgimwa | Tanzania | Usambara Weaver survey | £2,000 |
| 2015 | |||
| Deborah Fogell | Mauritius | PBFD infection cycles in Mauritius Parakeets and impacts of translocation on infection status | £2,000 |
| Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust | Madagascar | Madagascar Pochard appeal | £1,500 |
| Groupement d’intérêt économique des guides du Parc National du Niokolo-Koba | Senegal | Bird surveys in Niokolo-Koba National Park | £2,000 |
| Roger Skeen | Uganda | Fox’s Weaver survey | £2,000 |
| Lydia Tushabe-Rugogamu | Uganda | Grauer’s Swamp Warbler survey | £2,000 |
| Gabriel Ngale | Kenya | Hinde’s Babbler conservation activities | £2,000 |
| Emily Otali | Uganda | Birding activities in primary schools | £1,963 |
| Charles Mwangi Gitau | Kenya | Environmental education and awareness raising at Lake Elementaita | £1,883 |
| Victor Mkongewa | Tanzania | Avifaunal survey of Mount Nilo | £1,500 |
| Ana Isabel Cavaco Pinto Coelho | São Tomé and Príncipe | Implications of seed dispersal by birds for forest conservation | £1,631 |
| Eric Sande | Uganda & DRC | Nahan’s Partridge survey | £3,000 |
| Lawrence Wagura | Kenya | Connecting forest fragments to save Taita Hills endemic birds | £1,903 |
| Roger Parry | Zimbabwe | Mapping vulture nesting sites on protected land | £2,000 |
| 2014 | |||
| Ebenezer Olubunmi Coker | Nigeria | Anambra Waxbill survey | £1,775 |
| Cosima Tegetmeyer | Senegal | Monitoring of Aquatic Warbler habitats in Ndiaël basin/Surveillance des habitats du Phragmite Aquatique dans le bassin Ndiaël | £2,960 |
| Marwa Taha & Tom Jenner | Sudan | Use of sewage ponds by birds in Khartoum State and their influence on bird distribution in the region | £1,575 |
| Helena Reis Batalha | Cabo Verde | Conservation, ecology and genetics of Cape Verde Warbler (second field season) | £3,000 |
| Andrew Bladon | Ethiopia | Climatic influences on ranges of Stresemann’s Bushcrow and White-tailed Swallow | £2,000 |
| Yvonne Nso Takangeyong | Cameroon | Guide to birds of Takamanda National Park | £1,500 |
| Gladys Kung’u | Kenya | Maccoa Duck survey | £1,804 |
| Sylviane Volampeno | Madagascar | Madagascar Sacred Ibis survey in Sahamalaza-Iles Radama National Park | £1,500 |
| Marcel Ashute Essebe | Cameroon | Mount Cameroon Francolin survey | £2,000 |
| Groupement d’intérêt économique des guides du Parc National du Niokolo-Koba | Senegal | Training workshop on bird monitoring techniques for eco-guides and rangers of Niokolo-Koba National Park/Atelier de formation des écoguides et des agents du Parc National du Niokolo-Koba en techniques de suivi des oiseaux | £1,550 |
| Mbeson Emmanuel Bessong | Nigeria | Status of Olive Ibis in Cross River State | £2,000 |
| Sama Zefania | Madagascar | Updated status of Red-shouldered Vanga | £1,493 |
| Nicolas Zuël & Nik Cole | Mauritius | Feasibility of re-introducing Mauritius Cuckooshrike and Mascarene Paradise Flycatcher to Ferney Valley | £919 |
| Wismer Cherono Bore | Kenya | Effects of land cover changes on threatened birds of Mau Narok-Molo grasslands | £1,600 |
| Felix Razafindrajao | Madagascar | Loza Bay waterbird survey | £1,970 |
| Nature Kenya | Kenya | Taita Hills land lease | £25,000 |
| Chris Hewson | Gambia | Tracking Common Nightingales from the UK to West Africa | £2,000 |
| Amina Njoki | Kenya | Avifaunal survey of Uaso Narok Forest Reserve | £1,380 |
| Chacha Werema | Tanzania | Uluguru Bushshrike survey | £2,000 |
| 2013 | |||
| Zeph Migeni | Kenya | Community conservation of Anyiko wetlands | £1,496 |
| Stuart Sharp & Malcolm Wilson | Congo | Avifaunal survey of Tchimpounga Nature Reserve | £1,441 |
| Edwin Gichohi Njuguna | Kenya | Avifaunal survey of Karima Hill forest | £1,048 |
| Sociedade Portuguesa para o Estudo das Aves | Azores | Azores Bullfinch appeal | £1,000 |
| Oluwabunmi Jegede | Nigeria | Training workshop on citizen science and bird conservation | £1,297 |
| Maurice Ogoma | Kenya | Habitat mapping and participative research for conservation of Blue Swallow in Busia grasslands | £1,500 |
| Helena Reis Batalha | Cabo Verde | Conservation, ecology and genetics of Cape Verde Warbler (first field season) | £1,500 |
| Alex Tavares Gonçalves | Cabo Verde | Monitoring Cream-colored Coursers on Maio | £1,650 |
| Esther Wangui | Kenya | Avifaunal survey of Dzombo hill forest | £1,996 |
| Momoh Sesay & Papanie Sesay | Sierra Leone and Guinea | Emerald Starling survey | £1,500 |
| Elliot Kinsey | Tanzania | Response of bird communities to recent fires in Serengeti ecosystem | £1,500 |
| Sarah Nachuha | Uganda | Status of Grey Crowned Crane in Doho wetlands | £1,500 |
| Japheth Roberts | Ghana | Hooded Vulture survey in Accra metropolitan area | £1,430 |
| Nsajigwa Kyonjola | Tanzania | Trialling forest management solutions for Long-billed Forest Warbler in Amani Nature Reserve | £1,500 |
| Arjun Amar | South Africa | Drivers of Martial Eagle declines in Kruger National Park | £1,500 |
| Lucy Muithui | Kenya | Avifaunal survey of Mount Kulal | £1,835 |
| Mohamed Znari | Morocco | Biomonitoring and conservation of Northern Bald Ibis | £1,500 |
| Eduardo Garcia-del-Rey | Canary Islands | Tracking Plain Swifts from Tenerife to wintering grounds in West Africa | £1,500 |
| Eleyeh Abdillahi | Djibouti | Spring raptor migration across Bab el-Mandeb strait | £1,347 |
| Chima Nwaogu & Shiiuwa Manu | Nigeria | Breeding biology and population status of Rosy Bee-eater on middle Niger River | £2,553 |
| Rogers Makau | Kenya | Avifaunal survey of Mbooni hilltop forests | £1,490 |
| Lucy Kemp & Gerhard Verdoorn | South Africa | Threat of poisons to Southern Ground Hornbills and recommended conservation actions | £1,500 |
| Lawrence Wagura | Kenya | Teaching conservation education in Taita Hills | £1,347 |
| BirdLife South Africa & Ethiopian Wildlife and Natural History Society | South Africa and Ethiopia | White-winged Flufftail research work | £1,194 |
| 2012 | |||
| Maurice Ogoma | Kenya | Ecological survey and status of Blue Swallow in Ruma National Park | £1,488 |
| Peter Magosvongwe & BirdLife Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe | Status of Swynnerton’s Robin in Bvumba highlands | £1,500 |
| Rob Sheldon | São Tomé and Príncipe | Endangered species recovery | £500 |
| Danaë Sheenan & Jenny Dunn | Burkina Faso | Trichomonas gallinae infection in European Turtle Doves and its potential for transmission | £2,000 |
| Dylis Ndibaisa | Uganda | Breeding status of Grey Crowned Crane in Kampala wetlands | £1,500 |
| Alex Syingi | Kenya | Hinde’s Babbler survey | £1,843 |
| Edson Mlamba | Kenya | Avifaunal survey of Kitobu forest | £1,971 |
| George Ndung’u Muigai | Kenya | Creating community awareness of biodiversity value of Lake Ol’ Bolossat | £860 |
| Juliet Kinyua | Kenya | Role of mosquito-borne diseases in Lesser Flamingo die-offs | £1,467 |
| Ben Phalan & Michael Garbo | Liberia | Liberian Greenbul expedition | £1,980 |
| Makerere University | Uganda | Student projects | £720 |
| British Trust for Ornithology | Ghana | Out of Africa | £400 |
| PAOC13 | Tanzania | Sponsorship | £5,470 |
| Luca Borghesio, Lawrence Wagura & Mwangi Githiru | Kenya | Taita Apalis survey | £900 |
| Geoffroy Citegetse | Burundi | Status of Shelley’s Crimsonwing | £1,500 |
| Maurice Ogoma | Kenya | Controlling waterbirds at fish farms sustainably and to minimise conflict | £1,500 |
| Frank Bapeamoni & Stijn Cooleman | DRC | Monitoring greenbuls as bioindicators in Yangambi Biosphere Reserve | £1,500 |
| 2011 | |||
| Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi | Malawi | Environmental education and dissemination of bird activity book | £1,496 |
| Phil Shaw & Peter Njoroge | Kenya | Hinde’s Babbler resurvey | £940 |
| Michael Opige & Roger Skeen | Uganda | Karamoja Apalis survey | £540 |
| Maurice Ogoma | Kenya | Avifaunal survey of Lake Kenyatta ecosystem (preliminary report) Avifaunal survey of Lake Kenyatta ecosystem (final project report and map) | £1,000 |
| Sama Zefania | Madagascar | Population density estimate of Red-shouldered Vanga in spiny forest habitat | £991 |
| Nickson Otieno | Kenya | Effects of deforestation on Sokoke Pipit | £1,165 |
| Abdi Jama | Somalia | Somali Pigeon survey | £2,000 |
| Joseph Mutahi Mwangi | Kenya | Evaluation of land use changes on birds of Tana River delta and their habitats | £1,513 |
| Royal Society for the Protection of Birds | Tristan da Cunha | Tristan penguins appeal | £1,250 |
| Solomon Kipkoech | Kenya | Population survey and threat assessment of Williams’s Lark in Dida Galgalu desert | £1,090 |
| 2010 | |||
| Philista Malaki | Kenya | Status of Aberdare Cisticola in Aberdare National Park | £800 |
| Ivaylo Angelov | Sudan | Egyptian Vulture survey on Red Sea coast | £1,000 |
| Tiwonge Mzumara | Malawi | Status and viability of Lilian’s Lovebird in Liwonde National Park | £960 |
| Makerere University | Uganda | Student internships | £1,330 |
| Charlie Gardner | Madagascar | Impact of habitat changes on spiny forest birds | £756 |
| Ethiopian Wildlife and Natural History Society | Ethiopia | Southern Ethiopian endemics appeal | £500 |
| BirdLife International | Madeira | Zino’s Petrel appeal | £250 |
| Peter Njoroge | Kenya | Records database to monitor common bird species | £1,000 |
| 2009 | |||
| Michael Mills & Martim Melo | Angola | Behaviour and vocalisations of Black-tailed Cisticola | £500 |
| Steve Boyes | South Africa | Incidence of PBFD in Cape Parrot population | £820 |
| Haitham Ibrahim | Egypt | Bird survey at Lake Nasser | £850 |
| Alfred Owino | Kenya | Ranger-based oxpecker monitoring programme for protected areas | £900 |
| Dieter Oschadleus | South Africa | Southern Masked Weaver and other passerine movements on Cape Peninsula | £500 |
| Russom Teklay Tewelde | Eritrea | Sociable Lapwing surveys | £500 |
| Andrew Jenkins | South Africa | Taita Falcon resurvey | £300 |
| Darcy Ogada | Kenya | Promoting vulture awareness | £1,000 |
| Abdi Jama | Somalia | Vulture survey | £1,100 |
| Allai Orimba | Kenya | Yala Swamp community engagement activities | £1,000 |
| Martin Odino | Kenya | Yala Swamp bird survey | £850 |
| Samuel Temidayo Osinubi | Nigeria | Yellow-breasted Boubou sound data analysis | £900 |
| 2008 | |||
| AFRING | Zambia | Bird ringing course | £500 |
| Claudien Nsabagasani | Rwanda | Biodiversity survey in Akanyaru wetlands | £1,000 |
| Lucy Wamuyu Muithui & Philista Adhiambo | Kenya | Status of Amani Sunbird in Arabuko-Sokoke Forest | £650 |
| PAOC12 | South Africa | Sponsorship | £2,549 |
| Donella Young | South Africa | Coordinated Avifaunal Roadcounts | £800 |
| Lucy Wamuyu Muithui & Geoffery Mwangi | Kenya | Avifaunal survey of Mandera and Daua River | £800 |
| Geoff and Hilary Welch & Mahamoud Houssein Warsama | Djibouti | Djibouti Francolin survey in Mabla mountains | £500 |
| Francis Kandoya | Tanzania | Anthropogenic threats to Jackson’s Widowbird in Ngorongoro Conservation Area | £500 |
| Neil Taylor | Botswana | Bird transects in Central Kalahari Game Reserve | £650 |
| Leonard Akwany Omondi | Kenya | Identifying hotspots for birds around Lake Victoria | £850 |
| James Bray & Dave Andrews | Tanzania | Impacts of Mpingo harvesting on coastal forest birds | £1,000 |
| Michael Mills | Angola | Cataloguing the Lubango bird skin collection | £1,000 |
| Simon Musila & Alex Syingi | Kenya | Avifaunal survey of North Nandi Forest | £1,000 |
| Luca Borghesio, Muchane Muchai & Kariuki Ndang’ang’a | Kenya | Reassessment of distribution and status of Sharpe’s Longclaw | £800 |
| Makerere University | Uganda | Student internship | £300 |
| Dawit Semere | Eritrea | Socotra Cormorant census | £1,000 |
| Phil Shaw & Douglas Sheil | Uganda | Annual survival and breeding success of Stripe-breasted Tit in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | £642 |
| 2007 | |||
| Elias Mungaya | Tanzania | Bird surveys in Kilwa district coastal forests | £860 |
| Ireene Madindou & Ronald Mulwa | Kenya | Status of Grey Parrot in Kakamega Forest and parrot trade surveys in Kenyan border towns | £900 |
| Sama Zefania | Madagascar | Promoting national public awareness in biodiversity conservation at Lake Tsimanampetsotsa National Park | £848 |
| Hichem Azafzaf | Libya | Census and ringing of Lesser Crested Tern | £500 |
| Mauritian Wildlife Foundation | Mauritius | Mauritius Olive White-eye recovery programme | £750 |
| Rufus Idris | Nigeria | Effects of oil spills and gas flaring on waterbirds in Niger Delta | £780 |
| Thomas Gottschalk | Uganda | Status of Oberländer’s Ground Thrush in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | £900 |
| Keddy Mooketsa & Chris Brewster | Botswana | Status of Short-clawed Lark in south-eastern Botswana | £850 |
| Makerere University | Uganda | Small grants for students’ bird studies | £300 |
| Matthew Smith & Tsibara Mbohoahy | Madagascar | Spiny forest expedition | £1,000 |
| Jeremiah Kyomo | Tanzania | Uvidunda Mountains bird survey | £1,000 |
| 2006 | |||
| Lake Victoria Sunset Birders | Kenya | Dunga Swamp Site Support Group training | £800 |
| Luca Borghesio | Tanzania | Observations of threatened birds in East Usambara mountains | £675 |
| Lassana Bagayogo | Mali | Waterbird counts around Niono | £900 |
| Josephine Nzilani & Geoffrey Mwangi | Kenya | Implications of grassland quality for Jackson’s Widowbird and other birds of Mau Narok-Molo Grasslands | £900 |
| Julius Kimani | Kenya | Bird survey in Kereita Hills | £750 |
| Eric Sande | Uganda | Nahan’s Partridge survey in Kibale and Semliki National Parks | £550 |
| Wanyoike Wamiti, Henry Ndithia & Dominic Kimani | Kenya | Avifaunal survey of Namanga Hills Forest Reserve | £1,000 |
| Ethiopian Wildlife and Natural History Society | Ethiopia | Tracking Northern Bald Ibis | £270 |
| Donella Young | South Africa | Coordinated Avifaunal Roadcounts | £800 |
| Marc Rabenandrasana | Madagascar | Sakalava Rail survey in Besalamy wetlands | £1,000 |
| ASITY | Madagascar | Support for local bird fair | £215 |
| Talatu Tende | Nigeria | Vulture monitoring at Yankari Game Reserve | £850 |
| Zambian Ornithological Society | Zambia | Status of Chaplin’s (Zambian) Barbet | £590 |
| 2005 | |||
| Mao Angua | South Africa | Status of Bearded Vulture in KwaZulu-Natal | £750 |
| Kabelo Senyatso | Botswana | Setswana translation of beginner’s guide to birds of Botswana | £1,000 |
| Hugh Doulton | Comoros | Bird surveys on Grande Comore and Anjouan | £850 |
| Byamana Robert Kizungu | DRC | Congo Bay Owl survey | £200 |
| Merid Nega Gabremichael | Ethiopia | Endemic highland birds survey (Harwood’s Francolin, Yellow-throated Seedeater and Ankober Serin) | £750 |
| Western Cape Nature Conservation Board | South Africa | Eradication of House Crows in Cape Town | £1,000 |
| Mauritian Wildlife Foundation | Mauritius | Translocation of Mauritius Fody to Île aux Aigrettes | £500 |
| Makerere University | Uganda | Small grants for students’ bird studies | £300 |
| Andrew Jenkins | South Africa | Taita Falcon survey in Drakensberg escarpment region | £750 |
| Richard Mellanby | Ethiopia | Status of Stresemann’s Bushcrow and White-tailed Swallow in Yabello wildlife sanctuary | £850 |
| 2004 | |||
| PAOC11 | Tunisia | Sponsorship | £1,850 |
| Louis Nkementeh | Cameroon | Distribution and abundance of forest birds | £750 |
| Houssein Rayaleh | Djibouti | Djibouti Francolin survey | £750 |
| Billy Munisi & Martin Joho | Tanzania | Observations of threatened birds in West Usambara mountains | £300 |
| Clare Buckley | Namibia | Vulture survey around Waterberg Plateau Park | £1,000 |
| John Musina | Kenya | Hinde’s Babbler survey | £720 |
| Sama Zefania | Madagascar | Population study of Madagascar Plover in Marambitsy Bay and production of waterbird brochure in Malagasy language | £998 |
| Nature Seychelles | Seychelles | Translocation of Seychelles Warbler and Seychelles Fody to Denis Island | £750 |
| Makerere University | Uganda | Small grants for students’ bird studies | £300 |
| Potiphar Kaliba | Malawi | Status of Blue Swallow in Nyika National Park | £800 |
| Abdu Karekoona | Tanzania | Survey of coastal bird populations in Dar-es-Salaam | £750 |
| Françoise Dowsett-Lemaire & Bob Dowsett | Mali | Ornithological surveys of dry evergreen forests | £750 |
| 1996-2003 | |||
| Dale Hanmer | Zimbabwe | Analysis of long-term bird ringing data | £400 |
| Makerere University | Uganda | Small grants for students’ bird studies | £500 |
| Richard Dean | Zimbabwe | Cataloguing of bird skins in Natural History Museum, Bulawayo | £500 |
| Tadesse Gole | Ethiopia | Survey of waterbirds along Baro and Gilo rivers | £740 |
| Simon Musila | Kenya | Distribution and population size of Chapin’s Flycatcher in Kakamega Forest | £750 |
| Albertine Rift Conservation Society | Uganda | Project support | £1,250 |
| Emile Mulotwa | DRC | Congo Peacock resurvey | £500 |
| Dawit Berhane | Eritrea | Black Crowned Crane survey and IBA inventories | £800 |
| Nickson Otieno | Kenya | Habitat preferences and effects of logging on Abbott’s Starling in Kikuyu escarpment forest | £762 |
| Uganda Bird Guides Club | Uganda | Equipment for bird guides | £65 |
| Prosper Compaoré | Burkina Faso | Survey of waterbirds of Sahel Burkinabé and purchase of equipment | £1,000 |
| Jaime Pérez del Val | Equatorial Guinea | Survey of birds of Annobón | £1,000 |
| Geoff and Hilary Welch & Houssein Rayaleh | Djibouti | Waterbird monitoring and birdwatcher training | £750 |
| Jérôme Mokolo Ikonga | Congo | Waterbird surveys in Kouilou basin | £1,000 |
| Sama Zefania | Madagascar | Lake Sariaka waterbird surveys | £750 |
| Dianah Nalwanga | Uganda | Birds as indicators of biodiversity change with agricultural intensification | £500 |
| Groupe d’Ornithologie du Maroc | Morocco | Lesser Kestrel survey | £688 |
| Kariuki Ndang’ang’a, Ronald Mulwa & Patrick Gichuki | Kenya | Survey of highland grassland endemics in Mau Narok-Molo IBA | £1,067 |
| PAOC10 | Uganda | Sponsorship | £3,325 |
| Nigerian Conservation Foundation | Nigeria | Production of activity manual | £800 |
| Aride Island Nature Reserve | Seychelles | Production of leaflet in Creole language | £400 |
| Mark Brown | South Africa | Equipment for bird ringing | £390 |
| BirdLife Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe | Survey of two species of robins in Eastern Highlands | £125 |
| Ilya Maclean & Achilles Byaruhanga | Uganda and Kenya | Status of papyrus endemics | £1,000 |
| Nigerian Conservation Foundation | Nigeria | Swallow roost survey | £1,000 |
| Middlepunt Wetland Trust | South Africa | White-winged Flufftail research work | £500 |
| Ronald Mulwa | Kenya | Taita White-eye survey | £420 |
| Craig Symes | South Africa | Grey-headed Parrot survey | £300 |
| Michael Maina Macharia | Kenya | Testing effectiveness of nest boxes in conservation of woodland birds around Lake Naivasha | £500 |
| Projet ZICOMA | Madagascar | Alaotra Grebe survey | £1,115 |
| Claire Spottiswoode | Mozambique | Namuli massif expedition | £250 |
| Tharcisse Ukizintambara | Rwanda | BirdLife South Africa internship | £400 |
| Christine Dranzoa | Uganda | Nahan’s Partridge surveys in Budongo, Bugoma and Mabira forests | £615 |
| Solomon Mwangi | Kenya | Conservation education programme in Kakamega Forest schools | £750 |
| Norbert Cordeiro | Tanzania | Effects of forest fragmentation in East Usambara mountains: interactions between seed dispersers and trees whose seeds they disperse | £259 |
| Fabian Musila | Kenya | Impacts of logging on Sokoke Pipit | £750 |
| PAOC9 | Ghana | Sponsorship | £2,000 |
| St Agnes School, Nattyole | Uganda | Materials for school wildlife club | £100 |
| Ornithological Association of Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe | Training course for students | £500 |
| TOTAL | £520,711 |