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species 1.

Terek Sandpiper

Count 3

Albert Voigts von Schütz

species 2.

Red Phalarope

Count 1

Albert Voigts von Schütz

species 3.

Damara Tern

Count 7

Albert Voigts von Schütz

species 4.

Little Egret

Count 1

Albert Voigts von Schütz

species 5.

Greater Flamingo

Count 1000

Aminata Yandeh Sallah

species 6.

Kelp Gull

Count 3

Aminata Yandeh Sallah

species 7.

Great Cormorant

Count 200

Aminata Yandeh Sallah

species 8.

Great White Pelican

Count 3

Aminata Yandeh Sallah

species 9.

Cape Teal

Count 7

Beau Shroyer

species 10.

Lesser Flamingo

Count 500

Beau Shroyer

species 11.

Eared Grebe

Count 12

Beau Shroyer

species 12.

Black-winged Stilt

Count 5

Beau Shroyer

species 13.

Pied Avocet

Count 2

Beau Shroyer

species 14.

Black-bellied Plover

Count 5

Beau Shroyer

species 15.

White-fronted Plover

Count 4

Beau Shroyer

species 16.

Chestnut-banded Plover

Count 6

Beau Shroyer

species 17.

Whimbrel

Count 2

Beau Shroyer

species 18.

Ruddy Turnstone

Count 5

Beau Shroyer

species 19.

Curlew Sandpiper

Count 6

Beau Shroyer

species 20.

Sanderling

Count 7

Beau Shroyer

species 21.

Little Stint

Count 10

Beau Shroyer

species 22.

Common Sandpiper

Count 1

Beau Shroyer

species 23.

Hartlaub's Gull

Count 7

Beau Shroyer

species 24.

Common Tern

Count 3

Beau Shroyer

species 25.

Cape Cormorant

Count 5

Beau Shroyer

species 26.

Gray Heron

Count 1

Beau Shroyer

species 27.

Barn Swallow

Count 7

Beau Shroyer

species 28.

Cape Wagtail

Count 1

Beau Shroyer

species 29.

Kittlitz's Plover

Count X

Simon Janssens

species 30.

Common Ringed Plover

Count X

Simon Janssens

species 31.

Red Knot

Count 1

Simon Janssens

species 32.

Common Greenshank

Count X

Simon Janssens

species 33.

Marsh Sandpiper

Count X

Simon Janssens

species 34.

Caspian Tern

Count 1

Simon Janssens

species 35.

Ruff

Count 18

Albert Voigts von Schütz

species 36.

Gray-hooded Gull

Count 1

Albert Voigts von Schütz

species 37.

White-winged Tern

Count 1

Albert Voigts von Schütz

species 38.

Great Crested Tern

Count 5

Albert Voigts von Schütz

species 39.

Sandwich Tern

Count 13

Albert Voigts von Schütz

species 40.

Crowned Cormorant

Count 1

Albert Voigts von Schütz

species 41.

Cattle Egret

Count 1

Albert Voigts von Schütz

species 42.

Bar-tailed Godwit

Count 79

Albert Voigts von Schütz

species 43.

Black Tern

Count 2

Albert Voigts von Schütz

species 44.

Common Swift

Count X

M.C. HFFMNN

species 45.

Little Swift

Count X

M.C. HFFMNN

species 46.

African Oystercatcher

Count X

M.C. HFFMNN

species 47.

Cape Sparrow

Count 7

Shmuel Bernstein

species 48.

Speckled Pigeon

Count 4

Shmuel Bernstein

species 49.

Laughing Dove

Count 4

Shmuel Bernstein

species 50.

Parasitic Jaeger

Count 1

Cam MacRae

species 51.

Eurasian Curlew

Count 1

Cam MacRae

species 52.

Three-banded Plover

Count 1

Stuart Walker

species 53.

Cape Gannet

Count 1

Stuart Walker

species 54.

Red-billed Duck

Count 100

Peter Penning

species 55.

Egyptian Goose

Count 3

Bob Meinke

species 56.

South African Shelduck

Count 2

Bob Meinke

species 57.

Blue-billed Teal

Count 10

Bob Meinke

species 58.

Cape Shoveler

Count 3

Bob Meinke

species 59.

Maccoa Duck

Count 2

Bob Meinke

species 60.

Little Grebe

Count 2

Bob Meinke

species 61.

Eurasian Moorhen

Count 8

Bob Meinke

species 62.

Red-knobbed Coot

Count 12

Bob Meinke

species 63.

Blacksmith Lapwing

Count 5

Bob Meinke

species 64.

Wood Sandpiper

Count 2

Bob Meinke

species 65.

Rock Pigeon

Count 2

Bob Bowers

species 66.

Gray Go-away-bird

Count 2

Gerard Green

species 67.

Rosy-faced Lovebird

Count 2

Gerard Green

species 68.

Common Waxbill

Count 2

Gerard Green

species 69.

House Sparrow

Count 10

Gerard Green

species 70.

Sooty Shearwater

Count 3

Colin Jones

species 71.

Great Egret

Count 1

Martin Maderthaner

species 72.

Peregrine Falcon

Count 1

Martin Maderthaner

species 73.

Red-necked Phalarope

Count 1

Dalton Gibbs

species 74.

Orange River White-eye

Count 5

Marc Cronje

species 75.

Southern Gray-headed Sparrow

Count 2

Marc Cronje

species 76.

Common Ostrich

Count 3

Wim Heylen

species 77.

Black-headed Heron

Count 1

Wim Heylen

species 78.

Pale Chanting-Goshawk

Count 1

Wim Heylen

species 79.

Dune Lark

Count 4

Wim Heylen

species 80.

Intermediate Egret

Count 3

Leonardo Rassu

species 81.

African Swamphen

Count 1

Kurt Hillman

species 82.

Zitting Cisticola

Count 1

Kurt Hillman

species 83.

Long-tailed Cormorant

Count 1

Don Cowan

species 84.

African Jacana

Count 1

Michael Zieger

species 85.

White Stork

Count 1

Leander Khil

species 86.

Southern Masked-Weaver

Count 5

Allison Miller

species 87.

African Palm Swift

Count 1

Debbie Beer

species 88.

White-chinned Petrel

Count X

Mariajo Caballero

species 89.

Greater Striped Swallow

Count 8

Clive Curson

species 90.

Arctic Tern

Count 10

Robert Lewis

species 91.

Plain Martin

Count 1

Robert Lewis

species 92.

South African Swallow

Count 6

Robert Lewis

species 93.

African Gray Hornbill

Count 20

Patsy & Tom Inglet

species 94.

Pied Crow

Count 2

Patsy & Tom Inglet

species 95.

Dusky Sunbird

Count 1

Patsy & Tom Inglet

species 96.

Black-fronted Bulbul

Count 2

Larry Chen

species 97.

White-backed Mousebird

Count X

Callum Evans

species 98.

Rock Kestrel

Count X

Callum Evans

species 99.

Fork-tailed Drongo

Count X

Callum Evans

species 100.

Southern Fiscal

Count X

Callum Evans

species 101.

Cape Crow

Count X

Callum Evans

species 102.

Cape Starling

Count X

Callum Evans

species 103.

Namaqua Dove

Count 4

Juan van den Heever

species 104.

Capped Wheatear

Count 1

Kristi Keller

species 105.

Common Redshank

Count 2

Peter Kaestner

species 106.

Eurasian Oystercatcher

Count 1

Niall D Perrins

species 107.

Helmeted Guineafowl

Count 4

Jim Moore

species 108.

Yellow Canary

Count 1

Jim Moore

species 109.

Crowned Lapwing

Count 4

Kevin Bleeks

species 110.

Rock Martin

Count 15

Kevin Bleeks

species 111.

American Golden-Plover

Count 1

Niall D Perrins

species 112.

Bank Cormorant

Count X

Rob Geddes

species 113.

African Penguin

Count 1

Matthias Bachmann

species 114.

Great Rufous Sparrow

Count 1

Matthias Bachmann

species 115.

Antarctic Prion

Count X

Dylan Vasapolli - Birding Ecotours

species 116.

White-rumped Swift

Count X

simon busuttil

species 117.

Bank Swallow

Count X

simon busuttil

species 118.

Ring-necked Dove

Count 2

Don Cowan

species 119.

Glossy Ibis

Count 1

Dominic Standing

species 120.

Red-capped Lark

Count 2

Steve James

species 121.

Yellow-legged Gull

Count 1

Niall D Perrins

species 122.

Black Crake

Count X

Paul Galvin

species 123.

Southern Giant-Petrel

Count X

Dylan Vasapolli - Birding Ecotours

species 124.

Red-faced Mousebird

Count X

Dylan Vasapolli - Birding Ecotours

species 125.

Osprey

Count 2

Steve Lister

species 126.

Northern Giant-Petrel

Count 1

Anonymous eBirder

species 127.

Common House-Martin

Count 6

Carl Gosper

species 128.

Black-tailed Godwit

Count 1

Clayton Burne

species 129.

White-rumped Sandpiper

Count 1

Clayton Burne

species 130.

White-backed Vulture

Count 3

Clayton Burne

species 131.

Western Yellow Wagtail

Count 1

Clayton Burne

species 132.

Sociable Weaver

Count 30

Andrew Jacobson

species 133.

Black-chested Prinia

Count 1

Sue Oertli

species 134.

Chestnut-vented Warbler

Count 1

Sue Oertli

species 135.

Pacific Golden-Plover

Count 1

Alan Bedford-Shaw

species 136.

Alpine Swift

Count 2

Knut Arne og Wenche Helene Nygård

species 137.

Pomarine Jaeger

Count 1

Knut Arne og Wenche Helene Nygård

species 138.

Wilson's Phalarope

Count X

Niall D Perrins

species 139.

Familiar Chat

Count X

Richard Maarschall

species 140.

Cory's Shearwater

Count 13

Scott Schuette

species 141.

Black-headed Gull

Count X

Johnny Wilson

species 142.

Spotted Thick-knee

Count 1

Don Cowan

species 143.

Red-billed Spurfowl

Count X

Paul Ode

species 144.

Fiery-necked Nightjar

Count X

Paul Ode

species 145.

Freckled Nightjar

Count X

Paul Ode

species 146.

Burchell's Courser

Count X

Paul Ode

species 147.

Double-banded Courser

Count X

Paul Ode

species 148.

Greater Kestrel

Count X

Paul Ode

species 149.

White-tailed Shrike

Count X

Paul Ode

species 150.

Spike-heeled Lark

Count X

Paul Ode

species 151.

Gray's Lark

Count X

Paul Ode

species 152.

Stark's Lark

Count X

Paul Ode

species 153.

Southern Pied-Babbler

Count X

Paul Ode

species 154.

Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver

Count X

Paul Ode

species 155.

Black-winged Kite

Count X

Marvin Piwoni

species 156.

Namaqua Sandgrouse

Count X

Paul Ode

species 157.

Bradfield's Swift

Count X

Paul Ode

species 158.

Gabar Goshawk

Count X

Paul Ode

species 159.

Rufous-crowned Roller

Count X

Paul Ode

species 160.

Lanner Falcon

Count X

Paul Ode

species 161.

Pririt Batis

Count X

Paul Ode

species 162.

Crimson-breasted Gonolek

Count X

Paul Ode

species 163.

Fawn-colored Lark

Count X

Paul Ode

species 164.

Yellow-bellied Eremomela

Count X

Paul Ode

species 165.

Rattling Cisticola

Count X

Paul Ode

species 166.

Pale-winged Starling

Count X

Paul Ode

species 167.

Mariqua Flycatcher

Count X

Paul Ode

species 168.

Chat Flycatcher

Count X

Paul Ode

species 169.

Herero Chat

Count X

Paul Ode

species 170.

Karoo Chat

Count X

Paul Ode

species 171.

Tractrac Chat

Count X

Paul Ode

species 172.

Mountain Wheatear

Count X

Paul Ode

species 173.

Scaly Weaver

Count X

Paul Ode

species 174.

Red-billed Quelea

Count X

Paul Ode

species 175.

Black-throated Canary

Count X

Paul Ode

species 176.

Lark-like Bunting

Count X

Paul Ode

species 177.

Common Reed Warbler

Count 4

Richard Knapton

species 178.

Gull-billed Tern

Count 1

Michael Buckham

species 179.

Southern Pochard

Count 1

Paul James

species 180.

Great Crested Grebe

Count 1

Paul James

species 181.

Purple Heron

Count 2

Paul James

species 182.

Pearl-breasted Swallow

Count 10

Steve Bunn

species 183.

Black Harrier

Count X

Jeremy Lindsell

species 184.

Gray-backed Sparrow-Lark

Count X

Jeremy Lindsell

Additional taxa

peep sp.

Count 1

Peter Penning

plover sp.

Count 20

Mac McCall

white egret sp.

Count 1

Marie Lister

falcon sp.

Count 1

Jacob Henry

flamingo sp.

Count X

David Hoar

gull sp.

Count 100

Clive Curson

tern sp.

Count 100

Clive Curson

shorebird sp.

Count X

Kevin Bleeks

cormorant sp.

Count 60

Clive Curson

Sterna sp.

Count X

Dawn Miles

Southern/Northern Giant-Petrel

Count 1

Paul Wolter

Pterodroma sp.

Count X

Angelika Nelson

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Observer	Date	Species
Albert Voigts von Schütz	24 Mar 2023	5
Aminata Yandeh Sallah	14 Mar 2023	4
Beau Shroyer	6 Mar 2023	26
Simon Janssens	5 Mar 2023	23
Albert Voigts von Schütz	5 Mar 2023	32
Phil Stouffer	22 Feb 2023	4
Emily Alderson	19 Feb 2023	12
Andreas Hess	14 Feb 2023	17
Albert Voigts von Schütz	13 Feb 2023	6
Mike Hooper	3 Feb 2023	27

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Top eBirders sorted by number of observed species
Rank	eBirder	Total
1	Paul Ode	92
2	Niall D Perrins	61
3	Paul James	57
3	Gareth James	57
5	Dylan Vasapolli - Birding Ecotours	54
5	Sue Oertli	54
5	Don Cowan	54
8	Scott Schuette	49
9	Allen McEwan	47
9	Tonette McEwan	47