See section Study extent for more details. Located on the coast of Kenya, Sabaki River Mouth and Mida Creek represent key hotspots for waterbirds, especially for wintering and migrating waders. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Keywordsīird, waterbird, Kenya, coast, count, ornithology, survey, Africa, wetland, estuary, river mouth, creek, East Africa, monitoring, climate, population, trend Geographic coverage | basisOfRecord | eventID | occurrenceID | individualCount | taxonID | scientificName | kingdom | phylum | class | takonRank | vernacularName | occurrenceRemarks | Table 3: Occurences (counts) table structure
#Sabaki estuary license
| type | language | license | rightsHolder | ownerInstitutionCode | eventID | samplingProtocol | sampleSizeValue | sampleSizeUnit | samplingEffort | eventDate | eventTime | locationID | continent | country | countr圜ode | county | locality | decimalLatitude | decimalLongitude | dynamicProperties | Table 2: Events (surveys) table structure This script produces two table files: events.csv records information related to the overall surveys and occurences.csv which contains information about individual counts (see dwc_files/). The metadata and data are generated with an Rmarkdown file based on the spreadsheet used to enter data.
#Sabaki estuary archive
This dataset is published as a Darwin Core Archive using a sampling event dataset type. Study the impact of climate change, habitat change, human disturbance.Learn about seasonality patterns in arrival and departure dates of migrant waterbirds.Assess short- and long-term trends of wader populations.Monitoring waterbird populations at these two key migratory stopover and non-breeding sites.
In the meantime, enjoy the pictures taken on Sunday by our Leni Frau, on patrol in the areas where the meetings and events will be held.Since 2000, A Rocha Kenya has been monitoring waterbirds on a regular basis at two key sites on the coast of Kenya: Sabaki River Mouth ( 3☁0'03.4"S 40☀8'41.7"E) and Mida Creek ( 3☂0'07.2"S 39★8'26.4"E). We will keep you updated on the programmes for the days in Kilifi County, which also include initiatives in Watamu and Mida Creek. It is also for this reason that on the first of February and the following day Kenya's Minister of Environment Keriako Tobiko and the heads of the institutions linked to the environment will be at the Sabaki and will participate in initiatives for the planting of mangroves (the best antidote against pollution and coastal erosion) and the cleanup organised as always by PWAM and the sympathisers of the Malindi Green And Blue movement of which is a part. These visions to be promoted and safeguarded remind us what a great heritage the Kilifi Count has to create an awareness of conservation while waiting for the return of international tourism. This source of life is now under threat (incidentally, what natural element in the world is not?) due to pollution and climate change.įortunately, however, a large part of Nature is not interested and, in addition to the permanent presence of hippos and numerous species of birds, some of them rare, in this period along the mouth you can witness a spectacle of incomparable beauty that equals the most famous Kenyan "postcards" of the lakes of the Rift Valley, such as Lake Nakuru and Elmentaita: these are the pink flamingos that gather where the fresh water meets the salt of the ocean and becomes a fishing ground for these fabulous, romantic specimens. The Sabaki River, which in its upper reaches is called the Galana River, flows through the entirety of Tsavo East National Park and not only waters thousands of animals, but feeds most of the people who live along its banks for kilometres and kilometres, through its water table and the resulting agriculture. We are talking about the Sabaki River estuary, six kilometres north of the tourist town and a water basin on which the economy of an entire hinterland of the populous district and province of Magarini depends, involving over half a million inhabitants. It is one of the most precious assets of Malindi and the entire Kenyan coast, and certainly one of the most undervalued because of its ecosystem and its saving potential for nature conservation.
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