The African Waterfowl Census (AWC) a.k.a annual waterfowl counts is a programme coordinated by Nature Uganda secretariat through a team of volunteers who are bird enthusiasts. The programme is used as an avenue to train young biologists who are presumed the next people to continue with the programme and train others too.

The water bird monitoring specifically provides clear description of water bird patterns (resident and migratory) including their roosting, feeding and/or breeding sites. It also estimates water bird numbers providing baselines for species composition.

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