We are currently at 966 pentads mapped for the whole of Kenya. This is only 34 pentads to go to get to 1000! This is very possible to achieve before the end of this year! Please take a moment to look at the coverage map on the Kenya Bird Map website (http://kenyabirdmap.adu.org.za/coverage.php#menu_top) and see which pentads near you are yet to be mapped. There are several unmapped pentads that can easily be visited on a day trip (e.g. on a weekend). All you need to do is visit the pentad and do 2 hours of bird mapping (i.e. actively searching for and recording the bird species that you see/hear) within that pentad. This makes it a Full Protocol card (i.e. a minimum of 2 hours of bird mapping). It's very possible to do two to four full protocol cards in a single day. One example of some easily-accessible unmapped areas is some of the pentads along Magadi Road, not far from Nairobi (check out the attached screenshots). With the Palearctic migrants all around us at the moment, it is a great time to go birding! Let's get out, visit some unmapped pentads and cover them with full protocol cards as we enjoy the migrants during this great time of year! Your records will make a great contribution to the monitoring and conservation of these migrants and our resident birds as well! Feel free to contact me directly via this email of kenyabirdmap@naturekenya.org if you have any questions about bird mapping and how to get involved.

Happy bird mapping!