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with James Lidster and Solomon Jallow as leaders

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1 Little Grebe 1 10 Tachybaptus ruficollis
3 Great White Pelican 4 50 Pelecanus onocrotalus
3 Pink-backed Pelican 6 100 Pelecanus rufescens
1 British Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus
1 Storm Petrel Sp Hydrobates/oceanodroma sp
3 Hamerkop 5 20 Scopus umbretta
3 Great Cormorant 2 12 Phalacrocorax carbo (lucidus)
3 Long-tailed Cormorant 6 30 Phalacrocorax africanus
3 African Darter 3 50 Anhinga rufa
2 White-backed Night Heron 1 1 Gorsachius leuconotus
3 Black-crowned Night Heron 3 10 Nycticorax nycticorax
3 Cattle Egret 8 40 Bubulcus ibis
3 Squacco Heron 5 6 Ardeola ralloides
3 Striated Heron 4 3 Butorides striatus
3 Black Egret 3 30 Egretta ardesiaca
3 Intermediate Egret 3 4 Egretta intermedia
3 Western Reef Heron 7 50 Egretta gularis
3 Little Egret 5 2 Egretta garzetta
3 Great White Egret 6 6 Egretta alba
3 Black-headed Heron 6 4 Ardea melanocephala
3 Grey Heron 7 10 Ardea cinerea
2 Goliath Heron 1 2 Ardea goliath
3 Purple Heron 1 3 Ardea purpurea
2 Woolly-necked Stork 2 5 Ciconia episcopus
1 White Stork 1 2 Ciconia ciconia
2 Marabou Stork 1 2 Leptoptilos crumeniferus
3 Yellow-billed Stork 2 8 Mycteria ibis
2 African Spoonbill 1 6 Platalea alba
2 European Spoonbill 2 3 Platalea leucorodia
1 Black-crowned Crane 1 3 Balearica pavonina
3 Spur-winged Goose 3 8 Plectropterus gambensis
1 Knob-billed Duck 1 17 Sarkidironis melanotos
3 White-faced Whistling Duck 1 100 Dendrocygna viduata
3 Sacred Ibis 1 5 Threskiornis aethiopicus
3 Osprey 5 10 Pandion haliaetus
3 African Harrier-Hawk 8 4 Polyboroides typus
3 Palm-nut Vulture 5 2 Gypohierax angolensis
3 Hooded Vulture 8 100 Necrosyrtes monachus
2 Ruppell's Vulture Gyps rueppellii
1 Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
3 White-backed Vulture 1 4 Gyps africanus
2 African Fish Eagle 2 1 Haliaeetus vocifer
3 Tawny Eagle 2 1 Aquila rapax
1 Wahlberg's Eagle 2 1 Aquila wahlbergi
3 African Hawk Eagle 1 2 Hieraaetus spilogaster
1 Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
1 Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
3 Long-crested Eagle 1 1 Lophaetus occipitalis
2 Bateleur 1 3 Terathopius ecaudatus
3 Brown Snake Eagle 3 3 Circaetus cinereus
2 Western Banded Snake Eagle 1 1 Circaetus cinerascens
3 Beaudouin's Short-toed Eagle 3 3 Circaetus beaudouini
3 Black Kite 1 1 Milvus migrans
3 Yellow-billed Kite 8 100 Milvus migrans parasitus
3 Grasshopper Buzzard 2 3 Butastur rufipennis
3 Black-shouldered Kite 2 3 Elanus caerulus
1 African Swallow-tailed Kite 1 5 Chelictinia riocourii
3 Montagu's Harrier 2 2 Circuc pygargus
3 Western Marsh Harrier 4 2 Circus aeruginosus
3 Dark Chanting Goshawk 5 10 Melierax metabates
2 Gabar Goshawk 2 1 Micronisus gabar
1 African Goshawk 1 1 Accipiter tachiro
3 Shikra 6 3 Accipiter badius
3 Lizard Buzzard 3 4 Kaupifalco monogrammicus
3 Lanner Falcon 5 4 Falco biarmicus
3 Red-necked Falcon 1 1 Falco chicquera
3 Grey Kestrel 6 3 Falco ardosiaceus
3 Common Kestrel 5 17 Falco tinnunculus
1 Lesser Kestrel 1 2 Falco naumanni
3 Double-spurred Francolin 4 4 Francolinus bicalcaratus
3 Ahanta Francolin 1 1 H Francolinus ahantensis
2 Stone Partridge 2 7 Ptilopachus petrosus
3 Four-banded Sandgrouse 2 2 Pterocles quadricinctus
2 Black Crake 2 5 Amaurornis flavirostris
3 Savile's Bustard 1 1 Lophotis savilei
3 Greater Painted-snipe 1 18 Rostratula benghalensis
3 African Jacana 3 70 Actophilornis africanus
2 African Finfoot 1 1 Podica senegalensis
3 Egyptian Plover 1 1 Pluvianus aegyptius
1 Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
2 Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
3 Collared Pratincole 2 7 Glareola pratincola
2 Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
3 Senegal Thick-knee 4 88 Burhinus senegalensis
3 Black-headed Plover 3 10 Vanellus tectus
3 Spur-winged Plover 7 20 Vanellua spinosus
3 Wattled Plover 6 8 Vanellus senegallus
3 Grey Plover 3 25 Pluvialis squatarola
2 Little Ringed Plover 3 6 Charadrius dubius
3 Ringed Plover 6 45 Charadrius hiaticula
1 Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrius
2 White-fronted Plover 1 2 Charadrius marginatus
1 Kittlitz's Plover Charadrius pecuarius
3 Eurasian Curlew 1 3 Numenius arquata
3 Whimbrel 3 10 Numenius phaeopus
1 Black-tailed Godwit 1 70 Limosa limosa
3 Bar-tailed Godwit 2 10 Limosa lapponica
3 Common Greenshank 6 40 Tringa nebularia
3 Marsh Sandpiper 4 3 Tringa stagnatilis
3 Green Sandpiper 3 3 Tringa ochropus
3 Wood Sandpiper 4 10 Tringa glareola
3 Redshank 7 6 Tringa totanus
1 Spotted Redshank 1 3 Tringa erythropus
3 Common Sandpiper 7 6 Actitis hypoleucos
1 Eurasian Oystercatcher 2 2 Haematopus ostralegus
1 Avocet 2 8 Recurvirostra avosetta
3 Black-winged Stilt 4 40 Himantopus himantopus
1 Ruff Philomachus pugnax
1 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
3 Ruddy Turnstone 4 25 Arenaria interpres
2 Little Stint 3 15 Calidris minuta
3 Sanderling 2 10 Calidris alba
1 Dunlin Calidris alpina
3 Curlew Sandpiper 2 25 Calidris ferruginea
3 Arctic Skua 2 3 Stercorarius parasiticus
2 Audouin's Gull Larus audouinii
3 Black-headed Gull 1 3 Larus ridibundus
3 Grey-headed Gull 4 150 Larus cirrocephalus
3 Slender-billed Gull 2 100 Larus genei
2 Kelp Gull 1 8 Larus dominicanus
3 Lesser Black-backed Gull 2 50 Larus fuscus
3 Gull-billed Tern 6 12 Sterna nilotica
3 Caspian Tern 3 200 Sterna caspia
3 Royal Tern 2 80 Sterna maxima
3 Sandwich Tern 3 30 Sterna sandvicensis
3 Common Tern 2 2 Sterna hirundo
2 Little Tern 3 5 Sterna albifrons
2 Whiskered Tern 1 4 Chlidonias hybridus
1 Black Tern Chlidonias niger
3 Laughing Dove 8 10 Streptopelia senegalensis
1 European Turtle Dove 1 3 Streptopelia turtur
3 Blue-spotted Wood Dove 3 4 Turtur afer
3 Black-billed Wood Dove 6 6 Turtur abyssinicus
3 Speckled Pigeon 8 20 Columba guinea
2 Bruce's Green Pigeon 3 2 Treron waalia
3 African Green Pigeon 3 5 Treron calva
3 Namaqua Dove 7 70 Oena capensis
3 Red-eyed Dove 7 30 Streptopelia semitorquata
3 African Mourning Dove 6 10 Streptopelia decipiens
3 Vinaceous Dove 8 30 Streptopelia vinacea
3 Piapiac 6 10 Ptilostomus afer
1 Yellowbill Ceuthmochares aereus
3 Senegal Coucal 8 4 Centropus senegalensis
3 Klaas's Cuckoo 2 6 Chrysococcyx klaas
2 Verreaux's Eagle Owl Bubo lacterus
1 Greyish Eagle Owl Bubo cinerascens
3 African Scops Owl 2 1 Otus senegalensis
1 Barn Owl Tyto alba
2 White-faced Scops Owl 2 1 Otus leucotis
3 Pearl-spotted Owlet 2 2 Glaucidium perlatum
2 Long-tailed Nightjar 1 1 Caprimulgus climacurus
1 Pallid Swift 4 6 Apus pallidus
3 Little Swift 8 150 Apus affinis
3 Mottled Spinetail 3 2 Telacanthura ussheri
3 African Palm Swift 7 30 Cypsiurus parvus
2 Black Scimitar-bill Rhinopomastus aterrimus
3 Green Wood Hoopoe 6 14 Phoeniculus purpureus
3 Hoopoe 2 4 Upupa epops
3 Giant Kingfisher 3 2 Megaceryle maxima
3 Blue-breasted Kingfisher 3 7 Halcyon malimbica
3 Striped Kingfisher 4 2 Halcyon chelicuti
3 Pied Kingfisher 7 40 Ceryle rudis
2 African Pygmy Kingfisher 1 1 Ceyx picta
3 Malachite Kingfisher 2 7 Alcedo cristata
3 Broad-billed Roller 3 6 Eurystomus glaucurus
3 Blue-bellied Roller 5 10 Coracias cyanogaster
3 Rufous-crowned Roller 4 4 Coracias naevia
3 Abyssinian Roller 7 100 Coracias abyssiniica
2 Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
1 Northern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus
3 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater 4 10 Merops persicus
3 European Bee-eater 2 6 Merops apiaster
1 Red-throated Bee-eater 2 1 Merops bulocki
3 Little Bee-eater 4 14 Merops pusillus
3 White-throated Bee-eater 2 2 Merops albicollis
1 Little Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
3 Rose-ringed Parakeet 7 20 Psittacula krameri
3 Senegal Parrot 5 5 Poicephalus senegalus
3 Violet Turaco 4 4 Musophaga violacea
3 Green Turaco 2 3 Tauraco persa
3 Western Grey Plantain-Eater 8 30 Crinifer piscator
3 Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird 4 4 Pogoniulus chrysoconus
3 Bearded Barbet 7 20 Lybius dubius
3 Vieillot's Barbet 1 5 Lybius vieilloti
3 African Pied Hornbill 2 10 Tockus fasciatus
3 Red-billed Hornbill 8 20 Tockus erythrorhynchus
3 African Grey Hornbill 8 20 Tockus nasutus
1 Abyssinian Ground Hornbill 1 2 Bucorvus abyssinicus
3 Grey Woodpecker 3 6 Mesopicos goertae
1 Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
2 Brown-backed Woodpecker 2 2 Picoides obsoletus
2 Golden-tailed Woodpecker 1 2 Campethera abingoni
3 Fine-spotted Woodpecker 3 2 Campethera punctuligera
3 Buff-spotted Woodpecker 1 1 Campethera nivosa
2 Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
3 Lesser Honeyguide 1 1 Indicator minor
1 Spotted Honeyguide 1 1 Indicator maculatus
3 Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark 3 10 Eremopterix leucotis
3 Crested Lark 2 10 Galerida cristata
1 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
1 Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
2 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
2 Fanti Saw-wing 1 10 Psalidoprocne obscura
3 Red-rumped Swallow 3 4 Hirundo daurica
3 Pied-winged Swallow 2 2 Hirundo leucosoma
3 Wire-tailed Swallow 2 15 Hirundo smithii
2 Mosque Swallow Hirundo senegalensis
3 Red-chested Swallow 7 10 Hirundo lucida
2 House Martin 5 15 Delichon urbica
3 Sand Martin 1 2 Riparia riparia
3 African Golden Oriole 1 1 Oriolus auratus
3 Fork-tailed Drongo 4 4 Dicrurus adsimilis
3 Yellow Wagtail 6 10 Motacilla flava
3 White Wagtail 5 2 Motacilla alba
1 Yellow-throated Longclaw 1 1 Macronyx croceus
3 Common Bulbul 8 20 Pycnonotus barbatus
2 Yellow-throated Leaflove 3 3 Chlorocichla flavicollis
3 Little Greenbul 2 6 Andropadus virens
3 Grey-headed Bristlebill 1 3 Bleda canicapilla
3 Oriole Warbler 1 2 Hypergerus atriceps
1 Yellow-bellied Hyliota Hyliota flavigaster
3 Black-capped Babbler 6 6 Turdoides reinwardtii
3 African Brown Babbler 3 6 Turdoides plebejus
3 Whinchat 1 3 Saxicola rubetra
3 Northern Wheatear 3 10 Oenanthe oenanthe
3 White-fronted Black Chat 1 2 Myrmecocichla albifrons
3 Northern Anteater Chat 1 5 Myrmecocichla aethiops
2 Common Nightingale 1 1 H Luscinia megarhynchos
1 Rufous Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes
3 White-crowned Robin-chat 3 4 Cossypha albicapilla
3 Snowy-crowned Robin-chat 1 3 Cossypha niveicapilla
1 Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
3 African Thrush 4 8 Turdus pelios
3 Reed Warbler 2 1 Acrocephalus scirpaceus
3 Western Olivaceous Warbler 4 5 Hippolais opaca
3 Melodious Warbler 1 8 Hippolais polyglotta
1 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
2 Common Whitethroat 1 3 Sylvia communis
2 Subalpine Warbler 2 2 Sylvia cantillans
3 Chiffchaff 3 1 Phylloscopus collybita
1 Western Bonelli's Warbler 1 1 Phylloscopus bonelli
3 Singing Cisticola 1 1 Cisticola cantans
2 Whistling Cisticola Cisticola lateralis
1 Winding Cisticola Cisticola galactotes
1 Siffling Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus
1 Rufous Cisticola 1 3 Cisticola rufus
3 Zitting Cisticola 3 2 Cisticola juncidis
3 Red-winged Warbler 2 3 Heliolais erythroptera
3 Tawny-flanked Prinia 1 1 Prinia subflava
3 Senegal Eremomela 2 7 Eremomela pusilla
3 Northern Crombec 2 2 Sylvietta brachyura
3 Green Crombec 1 2 Sylvietta virens
3 Grey-backed Camaroptera 3 5 Camaroptera brachyura
3 Yellow-breasted Apalis 2 6 Apalis flavida
3 Green Hylia 1 2 Hylia prasina
2 Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
1 Yellow Penduline Tit Anthoscopus parvulus
3 White-shouldered Black tit 1 2 Parus leucomelas
1 African Blue Flycatcher 1 1 Elminia longicauda
1 Pale Flycatcher Melaenornis pallidus
3 Scarlet-spectacled Wattle-eye 4 6 Platysteira cyanea
3 Senegal Batis 1 2 Batis senegalensis
3 Northern Black Flycatcher 4 4 Melaenornis edolioides
1 African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
3 Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher 2 2 Terpsiphone rufiventer
3 Pygmy Sunbird 3 3 Anthreptes platurus
3 Collared Sunbird 1 2 Anthreptes collaris
3 Variable Sunbird 1 4 Nectarinia venusta
2 Mouse-brown Sunbird 1 2 Anthreptes gabonicus
3 Scarlet-chested Sunbird 3 4 Nectarinia senegalensis
3 Splendid Sunbird 3 6 Nectarinia coccinigaster
3 Beautiful Sunbird 7 10 Nectarinia pulchella
3 Copper Sunbird 1 1 Nectarinia cuprea
1 Western Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes longuemarei
3 Black-crowned Tchagra 2 3 Tchagra senegala
3 Sulphur-breasted Bush Shrike 1 1 Malaconotus sulfureopectus
3 Brubru 2 2 Nilaus afer
3 Northern Puffback 4 4 Dryoscopus gambensis
3 Yellow-crowned Gonolek 7 10 Laniarius barbarus
3 White-crested Helmet Shrike 2 6 Prionops plumatus
3 Woodchat Shrike 6 6 Lanius senator
3 Yellow-billed Shrike 7 4 Corvinella corvina
3 Pied Crow 8 80 Corvus albus
3 Greater Blue-eared Glossy Starling 2 10 Lamprotornis chalybaeus
2 Lesser Blue-eared Glossy Starling 1 3 Lamprotornis chloropterus
3 Purple Glossy Starling 2 10 Lamprotornis purpureus
2 Bronze-tailed Glossy Starling 3 3 Lamprotornis chalcurus
3 Long-tailed Glossy Starling 8 30 Lamprotornis caudatus
1 Chestnut-bellied Starling 1 1 Lamprotornis pulcher
3 Yellow-billed Oxpecker 2 9 Buphagus africanus
2 House Sparrow 3 2 Passer domesticus
3 Grey-headed Sparrow 4 6 Passer griseus
3 Bush Petronia 2 2 Petronia dentata
3 Yellow-fronted Canary 3 30 Serinus mozambicus
3 White-billed Buffalo-Weaver 6 30 Bubalornis albirostris
3 Northern Red Bishop 3 30 Euplectes franciscanus
2 Black-winged Red Bishop 1 4 Euplectes hordeaceus
2 Yellow-crowned Bishop 1 2 Euplectes afer
2 Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
3 Village Weaver 8 50 Ploceus cucullatus
2 Little Weaver 1 3 Ploceus luteolus
3 Black-necked Weaver 3 20 Ploceus nigricollis
1 Black-headed Weaver 1 1 Ploceus melanocephalus
3 Chestnut-crowned Sparrow Weaver 1 2 Plocepasser superciliosus
3 Lavender Waxbill 5 3 Estrilda caerulescens
2 Black-rumped Waxbill 1 15 Estrilda troglodytes
3 Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu 5 6 Uraeginthus bengalus
3 Red-billed Firefinch 6 30 Lagonosticta senegala
1 Bar-breasted Firefinch Lagonosticta rufopicta
3 Bronze Mannikin 5 30 Lonchura cucullata
2 Sahel Paradise Whydah 1 1 Vidua orientalis
2 Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
1 Cut-throat Finch 2 4 Amadina fasciata
3 Quail-Finch 1 6 Ortygospiza artricollis
3 Red-billed Quelea 2 10 Quelea quelea
3 Western Bluebill 1 1 Spermophaga haematina
2 Brown-rumped Bunting Emberiza affinis

Introduced Exotics

1 Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda