Abstract
During the 10 year period covered by this report, the average number of waterbirds counted was 21,146. Up until 2011, the counts were carried out over a wider range of wetlands. Since then however, due to the effects of civil war, and the political and social instability that has followed, it has been impossible to monitor certain sites. The number of suitable monitoring sites has therefore decreased significantly since 2011. Thanks to the efforts made by the LSB to consolidate a team of expert ornithologists prepared to go out into the field, the number of sites monitored has increased slightly since 2017. However, it is still not possible to monitor the same number of wetlands as before due to the ongoing heightened security situation which continues to prevent access to certain isolated areas, particularly in the east of the country.