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species 1.

Common Swift

Count 20

Marek Krolikowski

species 2.

White Stork

Count 20

Garth Shaw

species 3.

Black Sawwing

Count 12

Garth Shaw

species 4.

Rock Martin

Count 12

Josh Lee

species 5.

Cape White-eye

Count 12

Josh Lee

species 6.

Red-winged Starling

Count 8

Josh Lee

species 7.

Swainson's Spurfowl

Count 7

Tom Allin

species 8.

Speckled Pigeon

Count 6

Josh Lee

species 9.

Alpine Swift

Count 6

Josh Lee

species 10.

Glossy Ibis

Count 6

Kelly Gate

species 11.

Levaillant's Cisticola

Count 6

Josh Lee

species 12.

Barratt's Warbler

Count 6

Garth Shaw

species 13.

White-throated Swallow

Count 6

Marna Buys

species 14.

Gurney's Sugarbird

Count 6

Kelly Gate

species 15.

Cape Weaver

Count 6

Marna Buys

species 16.

Cape Canary

Count 6

Josh Lee

species 17.

White-necked Raven

Count 5

Josh Lee

species 18.

African Pied Starling

Count 5

Jack Butchart

species 19.

Cape Wagtail

Count 5

Andrew Black

species 20.

Natal Spurfowl

Count 4

Bruce Wedderburn

species 21.

Ring-necked Dove

Count 4

Marna Buys

species 22.

African Swift

Count 4

Josh Lee

species 23.

White-rumped Swift

Count 4

Garth Shaw

species 24.

Cape Griffon

Count 4

Garth Shaw

species 25.

African Golden-Weaver

Count 4

Francesco Veronesi

species 26.

Red-collared Widowbird

Count 4

Marna Buys

species 27.

Bronze Mannikin

Count 4

Bruce Wedderburn

species 28.

Cape Sparrow

Count 4

Josh Lee

species 29.

Orange-throated Longclaw

Count 4

Josh Lee

species 30.

Common Quail

Count 3

Josh Lee

species 31.

Gray Crowned-Crane

Count 3

Ian Murray

species 32.

Western Cattle Egret

Count 3

Garth Shaw

species 33.

Southern Bald Ibis

Count 3

Larry Moore

species 34.

Hadada Ibis

Count 3

Andrew Black

species 35.

Speckled Mousebird

Count 3

Garth Shaw

species 36.

Rufous-necked Wryneck

Count 3

Garth Shaw

species 37.

African Pipit

Count 3

Josh Lee

species 38.

White-backed Duck

Count 2

Jean-Paul Boerekamps

species 39.

Egyptian Goose

Count 2

Larry Moore

species 40.

African Black Duck

Count 2

Garth Shaw

species 41.

Namaqua Dove

Count 2

Jean-Paul Boerekamps

species 42.

Pied Cuckoo

Count 2

Bruce Wedderburn

species 43.

Dideric Cuckoo

Count 2

Marna Buys

species 44.

Red-chested Cuckoo

Count 2

Josh Lee

species 45.

Freckled Nightjar

Count 2

Clayton Burne

species 46.

Red-knobbed Coot

Count 2

Larry Moore

species 47.

Small Buttonquail

Count 2

Josh Lee

species 48.

Long-tailed Cormorant

Count 2

Larry Moore

species 49.

Black Harrier

Count 2

Marek Krolikowski

species 50.

Eurasian Hoopoe

Count 2

Marna Buys

species 51.

Rock Kestrel

Count 2

Jack Butchart

species 52.

Peregrine Falcon

Count 2

Anonymous eBirder

species 53.

Olive Bushshrike

Count 2

Garth Shaw

species 54.

Cape Crow

Count 2

Josh Lee

species 55.

Piping Cisticola

Count 2

Josh Lee

species 56.

Cloud Cisticola

Count 2

Josh Lee

species 57.

Common Reed Warbler

Count 2

Bruce Wedderburn

species 58.

Barn Swallow

Count 2

Josh Lee

species 59.

Greater Striped Swallow

Count 2

Josh Lee

species 60.

Yellow-throated Woodland-Warbler

Count 2

Jack Butchart

species 61.

Common Myna

Count 2

Josh Lee

species 62.

Violet-backed Starling

Count 2

Marna Buys

species 63.

Black-bellied Starling

Count 2

Andrew Black

species 64.

Cape Starling

Count 2

Garth Shaw

species 65.

Mocking Cliff-Chat

Count 2

Tom Allin

species 66.

Collared Sunbird

Count 2

Tom Allin

species 67.

Swee Waxbill

Count 2

Garth Shaw

species 68.

Zebra Waxbill

Count 2

Jean-Paul Boerekamps

species 69.

Forest Canary

Count 2

Marna Buys

species 70.

Streaky-headed Seedeater

Count 2

Jack Butchart

species 71.

Golden-breasted Bunting

Count 2

Marna Buys

species 72.

Cape Shoveler

Count 1

Jean-Paul Boerekamps

species 73.

Helmeted Guineafowl

Count 1

Marna Buys

species 74.

Red-winged Francolin

Count 1

Garth Shaw

species 75.

Greater Flamingo

Count 1

Jean-Paul Boerekamps

species 76.

Little Grebe

Count 1

Marna Buys

species 77.

Rameron Pigeon

Count 1

Marna Buys

species 78.

Red-eyed Dove

Count 1

Marna Buys

species 79.

Gray Go-away-bird

Count 1

Lucio 'Luc' Fazio

species 80.

Klaas's Cuckoo

Count 1

Marna Buys

species 81.

Black Cuckoo

Count 1

Anonymous eBirder

species 82.

Fiery-necked Nightjar

Count 1

Allison Miller

species 83.

Horus Swift

Count 1

Jean-Paul Boerekamps

species 84.

Buff-spotted Flufftail

Count 1

Ben Costamagna

species 85.

Eurasian Moorhen

Count 1

Matthew Daw

species 86.

Wattled Lapwing

Count 1

Jean-Paul Boerekamps

species 87.

Black Stork

Count 1

Marion Langrand

species 88.

Great Cormorant

Count 1

Allison Miller

species 89.

Hamerkop

Count 1

Allison Miller

species 90.

Great Egret

Count 1

Allison Miller

species 91.

Gray Heron

Count 1

Larry Moore

species 92.

Purple Heron

Count 1

Jean-Paul Boerekamps

species 93.

African Spoonbill

Count 1

Daryl Dell

species 94.

Secretarybird

Count 1

Alan Bedford-Shaw

species 95.

African Harrier-Hawk

Count 1

Garth Shaw

species 96.

Bearded Vulture

Count 1

Jack Butchart

species 97.

African Cuckoo-Hawk

Count 1

Jean-Paul Boerekamps

species 98.

Martial Eagle

Count 1

Garth Shaw

species 99.

African Marsh Harrier

Count 1

Larry Moore

species 100.

Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk

Count 1

Jack Butchart

species 101.

African Fish-Eagle

Count 1

Jean-Paul Boerekamps

species 102.

Common Buzzard

Count 1

Garth Shaw

species 103.

Forest Buzzard

Count 1

Ray Wershler

species 104.

Jackal Buzzard

Count 1

Josh Lee

species 105.

Spotted Eagle-Owl

Count 1

Matthew Daw

species 106.

African Wood-Owl

Count 1

Kyle Finn

species 107.

Southern Ground-Hornbill

Count 1

Bruce Wedderburn

species 108.

Malachite Kingfisher

Count 1

Marna Buys

species 109.

Brown-hooded Kingfisher

Count 1

Marna Buys

species 110.

Pied Kingfisher

Count 1

Jean-Paul Boerekamps

species 111.

Black-collared Barbet

Count 1

Marna Buys

species 112.

Lesser Honeyguide

Count 1

Clayton Burne

species 113.

Greater Honeyguide

Count 1

Garth Shaw

species 114.

Olive Woodpecker

Count 1

Ben Costamagna

species 115.

Ground Woodpecker

Count 1

Josh Lee

species 116.

Golden-tailed Woodpecker

Count 1

Marna Buys

species 117.

Lanner Falcon

Count 1

Ben Costamagna

species 118.

Gray Cuckooshrike

Count 1

Paul Bourdin

species 119.

Black Cuckooshrike

Count 1

Garth Shaw

species 120.

Cape Batis

Count 1

Jack Butchart

species 121.

Brubru

Count 1

Alan Bedford-Shaw

species 122.

Black-backed Puffback

Count 1

Garth Shaw

species 123.

Southern Boubou

Count 1

Garth Shaw

species 124.

Bokmakierie

Count 1

Garth Shaw

species 125.

Fork-tailed Drongo

Count 1

Andrew Black

species 126.

African Paradise-Flycatcher

Count 1

Jack Butchart

species 127.

Southern Fiscal

Count 1

Ralf Bürglin

species 128.

Fairy Flycatcher

Count 1

Clayton Burne

species 129.

Red-capped Lark

Count 1

Jean-Paul Boerekamps

species 130.

Green-backed Camaroptera

Count 1

Jean-Paul Boerekamps

species 131.

Bar-throated Apalis

Count 1

Marna Buys

species 132.

Tawny-flanked Prinia

Count 1

Andrew Black

species 133.

Karoo Prinia

Count 1

Kyle Finn

species 134.

Rock-loving Cisticola

Count 1

Jack Butchart

species 135.

Rattling Cisticola

Count 1

Andrew Black

species 136.

Zitting Cisticola

Count 1

Josh Lee

species 137.

Wing-snapping Cisticola

Count 1

Garth Shaw

species 138.

African Yellow-Warbler

Count 1

Ben Costamagna

species 139.

Lesser Swamp Warbler

Count 1

Clayton Burne

species 140.

Fan-tailed Grassbird

Count 1

Ben Costamagna

species 141.

Plain Martin

Count 1

Wigbert Vogeley

species 142.

Lesser Striped Swallow

Count 1

Kyle Finn

species 143.

Sombre Greenbul

Count 1

Alan Bedford-Shaw

species 144.

Common Bulbul

Count 1

Josh Lee

species 145.

Willow Warbler

Count 1

Jack Butchart

species 146.

Bush Blackcap

Count 1

Marna Buys

species 147.

Groundscraper Thrush

Count 1

Marna Buys

species 148.

Olive Thrush

Count 1

Marna Buys

species 149.

African Dusky Flycatcher

Count 1

Marna Buys

species 150.

Fiscal Flycatcher

Count 1

Ralf Bürglin

species 151.

Southern Black-Flycatcher

Count 1

Bruce Robinson

species 152.

Cape Robin-Chat

Count 1

Josh Lee

species 153.

Chorister Robin-Chat

Count 1

Ben Costamagna

species 154.

Cape Rock-Thrush

Count 1

Marna Buys

species 155.

African Stonechat

Count 1

Jack Butchart

species 156.

Buff-streaked Chat

Count 1

Kyle Finn

species 157.

Sickle-winged Chat

Count 1

Kyle Finn

species 158.

Southern Anteater-Chat

Count 1

Jean-Paul Boerekamps

species 159.

Familiar Chat

Count 1

Jack Butchart

species 160.

Malachite Sunbird

Count 1

Jack Butchart

species 161.

Southern Double-collared Sunbird

Count 1

Ralf Bürglin

species 162.

Greater Double-collared Sunbird

Count 1

Jack Butchart

species 163.

Spectacled Weaver

Count 1

Marna Buys

species 164.

Southern Masked-Weaver

Count 1

Marna Buys

species 165.

Southern Red Bishop

Count 1

Garth Shaw

species 166.

White-winged Widowbird

Count 1

Marek Krolikowski

species 167.

Green-backed Twinspot

Count 1

Jean-Paul Boerekamps

species 168.

Common Waxbill

Count 1

Garth Shaw

species 169.

Southern Gray-headed Sparrow

Count 1

Garth Shaw

species 170.

Mountain Wagtail

Count 1

Matthew Daw

species 171.

Mountain Pipit

Count 1

Wigbert Vogeley

species 172.

Nicholson's Pipit

Count 1

Garth Shaw

species 173.

Yellow-breasted Pipit

Count 1

Josh Lee

species 174.

Yellow-fronted Canary

Count 1

Marna Buys

species 175.

Brimstone Canary

Count 1

Herman van Werkhoven

species 176.

White-faced Whistling-Duck

Count X

Marna Buys

species 177.

South African Shelduck

Count X

Daryl Dell

species 178.

Spur-winged Goose

Count X

Ashlyn Campbell

species 179.

Yellow-billed Duck

Count X

Ashlyn Campbell

species 180.

Red-necked Spurfowl

Count X

Johnny Wilson

species 181.

Rock Pigeon

Count X

Johnny Wilson

species 182.

Lemon Dove

Count X

Chris S

species 183.

Laughing Dove

Count X

Ashlyn Campbell

species 184.

White-browed Coucal

Count X

Johnny Wilson

species 185.

Little Swift

Count X

Vicki King

species 186.

Blue Crane

Count X

Ashlyn Campbell

species 187.

Wattled Crane

Count X

Craig Evenhouse

species 188.

Three-banded Plover

Count X

Marna Buys

species 189.

Blacksmith Lapwing

Count X

Ashlyn Campbell

species 190.

Crowned Lapwing

Count X

Daryl Dell

species 191.

African Snipe

Count X

Marna Buys

species 192.

African Darter

Count X

Chris S

species 193.

Yellow-billed Egret

Count X

Vicki King

species 194.

Black-headed Heron

Count X

Kishan Patel

species 195.

African Sacred Ibis

Count X

Ashlyn Campbell

species 196.

Osprey

Count X

Ashlyn Campbell

species 197.

Black-winged Kite

Count X

Ashlyn Campbell

species 198.

White-backed Vulture

Count X

Craig Evenhouse

species 199.

Long-crested Eagle

Count X

Johnny Wilson

species 200.

Verreaux's Eagle

Count X

Anonymous eBirder

species 201.

Black Goshawk

Count X

Ashlyn Campbell

species 202.

Black Kite

Count X

Ashlyn Campbell

species 203.

Barn Owl

Count X

Eric VanderWerf

species 204.

Green Woodhoopoe

Count X

Ashlyn Campbell

species 205.

Half-collared Kingfisher

Count X

Marna Buys

species 206.

Giant Kingfisher

Count X

Ashlyn Campbell

species 207.

White-fronted Bee-eater

Count X

Ashlyn Campbell

species 208.

Crested Barbet

Count X

Ashlyn Campbell

species 209.

Cardinal Woodpecker

Count X

Ashlyn Campbell

species 210.

Red-footed Falcon

Count X

Johnny Wilson

species 211.

Amur Falcon

Count X

Ashlyn Campbell

species 212.

African Black-headed Oriole

Count X

Daryl Dell

species 213.

Pied Crow

Count X

Ashlyn Campbell

species 214.

Southern Black-Tit

Count X

Daryl Dell

species 215.

Rufous-naped Lark

Count X

Daryl Dell

species 216.

Cape Grassbird

Count X

Ben Costamagna

species 217.

Drakensberg Prinia

Count X

Ben Costamagna

species 218.

Wailing Cisticola

Count X

Ben Costamagna

species 219.

Pale-crowned Cisticola

Count X

Daryl Dell

species 220.

Banded Martin

Count X

Jienchi Dorward

species 221.

Layard's Warbler

Count X

Jonathan Barnaby

species 222.

Arrow-marked Babbler

Count X

Ashlyn Campbell

species 223.

Kurrichane Thrush

Count X

Paul Bourdin

species 224.

Spotted Flycatcher

Count X

Ashlyn Campbell

species 225.

White-starred Robin

Count X

Ross Glover

species 226.

Sentinel Rock-Thrush

Count X

Michael Dr Schminke

species 227.

Mountain Wheatear

Count X

Kishan Patel

species 228.

Amethyst Sunbird

Count X

Ashlyn Campbell

species 229.

Lesser Masked-Weaver

Count X

Vicki King

species 230.

Village Weaver

Count X

Ashlyn Campbell

species 231.

Red-billed Quelea

Count X

Ashlyn Campbell

species 232.

Yellow-crowned Bishop

Count X

Ashlyn Campbell

species 233.

Yellow Bishop

Count X

Ben Costamagna

species 234.

Fan-tailed Widowbird

Count X

Ashlyn Campbell

species 235.

Long-tailed Widowbird

Count X

Ashlyn Campbell

species 236.

Grosbeak Weaver

Count X

Martin Maderthaner

species 237.

African Firefinch

Count X

Michael Dr Schminke

species 238.

Pin-tailed Whydah

Count X

Ashlyn Campbell

species 239.

Variable Indigobird

Count X

Vicki King

species 240.

House Sparrow

Count X

Ashlyn Campbell

species 241.

Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow

Count X

Michael Dr Schminke

species 242.

African Pied Wagtail

Count X

Ross Glover

species 243.

Drakensberg Siskin

Count X

Ian Murray

species 244.

Cape Bunting

Count X

Bryn Morris-Hale

species 245.

Cinnamon-breasted Bunting

Count X

Jonathan Barnaby

Additional taxa

francolin/spurfowl sp.

Count 1

Bill Krick

Columba sp.

Count 1

Matthew Daw

kingfisher sp.

Count 1

Matthew Daw

Lamprotornis sp.

Count 1

Matthew Daw

sunbird sp.

Count 1

Anonymous eBirder

Buteo sp.

Count X

Michael Dr Schminke

swallow sp.

Count X

Allison Miller

wheatear sp.

Count X

Michael Dr Schminke

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Observer	Date	Species
Jack Butchart	29 Jan 2024	11
Jack Butchart	28 Jan 2024	3
Josh Lee	17 Dec 2023	22
Nasser Mohammed	17 Dec 2023	22
Nicole Bison	17 Dec 2023	22
Josh Lee	12 Dec 2023	24
Ben Costamagna	5 Nov 2023	1
Ben Costamagna	4 Nov 2023	1
Ben Costamagna	4 Nov 2023	1
Ben Costamagna	4 Nov 2023	7

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Top eBirders sorted by number of observed species
Rank	eBirder	Total
1	Jean-Paul Boerekamps	118
2	Daryl Dell	102
3	Johnny Wilson	91
4	Lesley Starke	90
5	Garth Shaw	86
6	Ashlyn Campbell	82
7	Meg Taylor	81
7	Clayton Burne	81
9	Kaily Taylor	79
10	Bruce Wedderburn	76