The Kenya Bird Map is an internet-based bird database that employs citizen science to map where all the bird species in Kenya live and describe their distribution in real time. The project is a follow-up of the work by Adrian Lewis and Derek Pomeroy almost 30 years ago, whose book, A Bird Atlas of Kenya, provided a ‘snapshot’ of the distribution of birds in Kenya.

A summary of the Chairman’s report for 2013 – 2014 with highlights on: conservation of key biodiversity sites, protection of key species and habitats, advocacy and policy, public awareness of biodiversity through publications and education, membership development, funding and institutional links.

The bird is all red – from beak to tail. In the afternoon sunlight it seems to glow as it displays below its woven nest.  That is the Red-headed Weaver found in the extreme eastern corner of Kenya, including the Boni and Dodori National Reserves and the Awer Community Conservancy between them.