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with Steve Rooke and Rod Cassidy as leaders

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5 Ostrich 1 15 Struthio camelus
5 Jackass Penguin 4 500 Spheniscus demersus
5 Great Crested Grebe 2 2 Podiceps cristatus
5 Black-necked Grebe 2 100 Podiceps nigricollis
5 Little Grebe 4 20 Tachybaptus ruficollis
1 Southern Royal Albatross Diomedea epomophora
5 Shy Albatross 1 100 Thalassarche cauta
5 Black-browed Albatross 1 '00s Thalassarche melanophris
2 Indian Ocean Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche cateri
1 Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos
2 Southern Giant-Petrel Macronectes giganteus
5 Northern Giant-Petrel 1 10 Macronectes halli
2 Giant Petrel sp Macronectes sp
1 Southern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialoides
1 Slender-billed Prion Pachyptila belcheri
5 White-chinned Petrel 1 '00s Procellaria aequinoctialis
5 Sooty Shearwater 1 50 Puffinus griseus
5 Great Shearwater 1 6 Puffinus gravis
1 Soft-plumaged Petrel Pterodroma mollis
5 Cape (Pintado) Petrel 1 200 Daption capense
5 Wilson?s Storm-Petrel 1 50 Oceanites oceanicus
5 Cape Gannet 2 1 Morus capensis
5 White-breasted Cormorant 6 50 Phalacrocorax lucidus
5 Bank Cormorant 3 100 Phalacrocorax neglectus
5 Cape Cormorant 5 '00s Phalacrocorax capensis
5 Long-tailed (Reed) Cormorant 5 4 Phalacrocorax africanus
5 Crowned Cormorant 3 5 Phalacrocorax coronatus
5 African Darter 3 8 Anhinga rufa
5 Eastern White Pelican 3 30 Pelecanus onocrotalus
3 Purple Heron 1 1 Ardea purpurea
2 Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
5 Grey Heron 6 6 Ardea cinerea
5 Black-headed Heron 7 6 Ardea melanocephala
5 Little Egret 5 8 Egretta garzetta
5 Cattle Egret 7 200 Bubulcus ibis
5 Black-crowned Night Heron 1 2 Nycticorax nycticorax
1 Black Stork Ciconia nigra
5 Greater Flamingo 4 300 Phoenicopterus ruber
5 Lesser Flamingo 3 2000 Phoenicopterus minor
5 African Spoonbill 5 8 Platalea alba
2 Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
5 Hadada Ibis 8 30 Bostrychia hagedash
4 Glossy Ibis 2 25 Plegadis falcinellus
5 Sacred Ibis 8 30 Threskiornis aethiopicus
5 Spur-winged Goose 6 50 Plectropterus gambensis
5 Egyptian Goose 8 30 Alopochen aegyptiacus
5 South African Shelduck 3 15 Tadorna cana
1 White-backed Duck 1 6 Thalassornis leuconotus
4 Southern Pochard 1 100 Netta erythrophthalma
5 Maccoa Duck 2 4 Oxyura maccoa
5 Yellow-billed Duck 5 10 Anas undulata
3 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
4 African Black Duck Anas sparsa
5 Cape Shoveler 4 12 Anas smithii
5 Cape Teal 3 20 Anas capensis
4 Red-billed Teal 1 4 Anas erythrorhyncha
5 Cape Vulture 1 13 Gyps coprotheres
5 African White-backed Vulture 2 10 Gyps africanus
3 Lappet-faced Vulture 1 3 Torgos tracheliotus
3 African Fish Eagle 2 0 Haliaeetus vocifer
4 Bateleur 1 1 Terathopius ecaudatus
4 Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
5 Tawny Eagle 1 6 Aquila rapax
5 Verreaux's Eagle 2 2 Aquila verreauxii
4 Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
5 Booted Eagle 5 2 Hieraaetus pennatus
5 Jackal Buzzard 3 3 Buteo rufofuscus
2 Forest Buzzard Buteo trizonatus
4 African Harrier-Hawk 2 1 Polyboroides typus
5 African Marsh Harrier 2 1 Circus ranivorus
5 Black Harrier 4 4 Circus maurus
5 Gabar Goshawk 1 6 Melierax gabar
5 Southern Pale Chanting Goshawk 6 12 Melierax canorus
5 Yellow-billed Kite 5 30 Milvus aegyptius
5 Black-shouldered Kite 6 2 Elanus caeruleus
5 Pygmy Falcon 1 4 Polihierax semitorquatus
3 Black Sparrowhawk 1 1 Accipiter melanoleucus
1 Red-chested Sparrowhawk Accipiter rufiventris
4 African Goshawk Accipiter tachiro
5 Lanner Falcon 4 3 Falco biarmicus
3 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
1 Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
5 Rock (Common) Kestrel 8 12 Falco tinnunculus rupicolis
5 Greater Kestrel 2 2 Falco rupicoloides
5 Cape Francolin 6 20 Francolinus capensis
5 Grey-winged Francolin 1 2 Scleroptila africanus
1 Common Quail 4 1 (H) Coturnix coturnix
5 Helmeted Guineafowl 10 200 Numida meleagris
5 Red-knobbed Coot 5 50 Fulica cristata
5 Common Moorhen 1 10 Gallinula chloropus
4 African Purple Swamphen 1 8 Porphyrio madagascariensis
3 Black Crake 1 1 Amaurornis flavirostris
1 African Rail Rallus caerulescens
1 African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
5 Blue Crane 5 344 Anthropoides paradiseus
5 Secretarybird 1 1 Sagittarius serpentarius
5 Stanley's Bustard 2 13 Neotis denhami
4 Ludwig's Bustard 1 10 Neotis ludwigii
3 Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
5 Karoo Korhaan 1 6 Eupodotis vigorsii
5 Northern Black Korhaan 3 2 Eupodotis afraoides
5 Southern Black Korhaan 2 1 Eupodotis afra
5 African Black Oystercatcher 5 30 Haematopus moquini
5 Black-winged Stilt 5 15 Himantopus himantopus
5 Avocet 2 6 Recurvirostra avosetta
2 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
5 Three-banded Plover 2 2 Charadrius tricollaris
5 Kittlitz's Plover 1 1 Charadrius pecuarius
4 Chestnut-banded Plover Charadrius pallidus
5 White-fronted Plover 2 4 Charadrius marginatus
5 Crowned Lapwing 1 1 Vanellus coronatus
5 Blacksmith Lapwing 7 6 Vanellus armatus
5 Grey Plover 2 12 Pluvialis squatarola
3 Ruff Philomachus pugnax
5 Curlew Sandpiper 1 300 Calidris ferruginea
4 Sanderling Calidris alba
4 Little Stint 1 1 Calidris minuta
3 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
2 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
5 Common Greenshank 2 10 Tringa nebularia
5 Marsh Sandpiper 2 20 Tringa stagnatilis
2 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
5 Common Whimbrel 2 8 Numenius phaeopus
5 Ruddy Turnstone 1 6 Arenaria interpres
4 Spotted Thick-knee 1 2 Burhinus capensis
1 Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
2 Burchell's Courser Cursorius rufus
3 Double-banded Courser 1 1 Rhinoptilus africanus
1 Greater Sheathbill Chionis alba
5 Subantarctic Skua 1 6 Catharacta antarctica
1 Arctic Skua Stercorarius pomarinus
5 Cape Gull 6 1 Larus vetula
5 Grey-headed Gull 1 1 Larus cirrocephalus
5 Hartlaub's Gull 7 400 Larus hartlaubii
5 Caspian Tern 3 6 Sterna caspia
5 Swift (Crested) Tern 4 250 Sterna bergii
5 Sandwich Tern 1 20 Sterna sandvicensis
5 Common Tern 1 40 Sterna hirundo
3 Arctic Tern 1 1 Sterna paradisaea
1 Damara Tern Sterna balaenarum
1 Antarctic Tern Sterna vittata
2 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
5 Namaqua Sandgrouse 5 200 Pterocles namaqua
5 Burchell's Sandgrouse 1 50 Pterocles burchelli
5 Speckled Pigeon 11 4 Columba guinea
2 African Olive Pigeon 1 20 Columba arquartrix
5 Red-eyed Dove 6 12 Streptopelia semitorquata
5 Ring-necked Dove 7 2 Streptopelia capicola
5 Laughing Dove 9 50 Streptopelia senegalensis
5 Namaqua Dove 6 100 Oena capensis
3 Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
1 Diderick Cuckoo 1 1 Chrysococcyx caprius
1 Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
1 Burchell's Coucal Centropus burchelli
4 Verreaux's (Giant) Eagle-Owl 1 1 Bubo lacteus
5 Spotted Eagle Owl 2 1 Bubo africanus
5 Pearl-spotted Owlet 1 1 Glaucidium perlatum
5 Alpine Swift 5 50 Tachymarptis melba
4 Bradfield's Swift Apus bradfieldi
2 Horus Swift 1 4 Apus horus
3 African Black Swift 2 6 Apus barbatus
5 Little Swift 5 200 Apus affinis
5 White-rumped Swift 2 10 Apus caffer
5 African Palm Swift 1 6 Cypsiurus parvus
5 Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
5 Speckled Mousebird 3 12 Colius striatus
5 White-backed Mousebird 5 12 Colius colius
2 Giant Kingfisher 1 2 Megaceryle maxima
5 Pied Kingfisher 1 2 Ceryle rudis
1 Striped Kingfisher Halcyon cheicuti
1 Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
5 Lilac-breasted Roller 2 3 Coracias caudatus
3 Rufous-crowned Roller Coracias naevius
4 European Bee-eater 1 5 Merops apiaster
5 Swallow-tailed Bee-eater 1 8 Merops hirundineus
5 Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill 2 8 Tockus leucomelas
2 African Grey Hornbill 1 4 Tockus nasutus
5 Common Scimitarbill 2 3 Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
5 African Hoopoe 4 4 Upupa africana
1 Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
5 Acacia Pied Barbet 4 2 Tricholaema leucomelas
5 Ground Woodpecker 1 2 Geocolaptes olivaceus
1 Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
4 Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
1 Knysna Woodpecker Campethera notata
2 Olive Woodpecker 1 1 Dendropicos griseocephalus
5 Cape Clapper Lark 2 3 Mirafra apiata
2 Agulhas Clapper Lark Mirafra marjoriae
1 Eastern Clapper Lark 1 4 Mirafra fasciolata
5 Karoo Lark 2 4 Certhilauda albescens
5 Red Lark 1 3 Certhilauda burra
3 Cape Long-billed Lark 1 3 Certhilauda curvirostris
5 Algulhas Long-billed Lark 1 2 Certhilauda brevirostris
5 Karoo Long-billed Lark 1 3 Certhilauda subcoronata
4 Sabota Lark 1 1 Mirafra sabota
5 Fawn-coloured Lark 3 15 Mirafra africanoides
5 Large-billed Lark 4 4 Galerida magnirostris
5 Red-capped Lark 4 20 Calandrella cinerea
5 Pink-billed Lark 1 2 Spizocorys conirostris
4 Sclater's Lark Spizocorys sclateri
4 Stark's Lark Eremalauda starki
5 Grey-backed Sparrowlark 3 100 Eremopterix verticalis
3 Black-eared Sparrowlark 2 12 Eremopterix australis
5 Spike-heeled Lark 2 6 Chersomanes albofasciata
4 South African Cliff Swallow Hirundo spilodera
5 Greater Striped Swallow 6 20 Hirundo cucullata
5 White-throated Swallow 6 4 Hirundo albigularis
5 Pearl-breasted Swallow 2 4 Hirundo dimidiata
5 Rock Martin 12 50 Hirundo fuligula
4 Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne holomelas
3 Banded Martin 1 1 Riparia cincta
5 Brown-throated Martin 5 200 Riparia paludicola
5 Fork-tailed Drongo 5 20 Dicrurus adsimilis
5 White-necked Raven 6 6 Corvus albicollis
5 Pied Crow 11 50 Corvus albus
5 Cape Crow (Rook) 4 6 Corvus capensis
3 House Crow 1 2 Corvus splendens
5 Ashy Tit 3 2 Parus cinerascens
3 Grey Tit Parus afer
5 Cape Rock-Jumper 1 3 Chaetops frenatus
5 Cape Bulbul 6 12 Pycnonotus capensis
5 African Red-eyed Bulbul 3 20 Pycnonotus nigricans
5 Familiar Chat 2 12 Andropadus importunus
5 Olive Thrush 2 20 Turdus olivaceus
5 Karoo Thrush 3 1 Turdus smithi
5 Groundscraper Thrush 2 3 Psophocichla litsitsirupa
5 Cape Rock Thrush 1 2 Monticola rupestris
3 Short-toed Rock Thrush Monticola brevipes
5 Familiar Chat 9 6 Cercomela familiaris
5 Sickle-winged Chat 1 1 Cercomela sinuata
5 Karoo Chat 2 2 Cercomela schlegelii
5 Tractrac Chat 2 4 Cercomela tractrac
5 Mountain Wheatear 4 10 Oenanthe monticola
5 Capped Wheatear 7 20 Oenanthe pileata
5 (African) Stonechat 3 6 Saxicola torquata
5 (Southern) Ant-eating Chat 5 20 Myrmecocichla formicivora
5 Cape Robin-Chat 8 12 Cossypha caffra
5 Kalahari Scrub-Robin 1 2 Cercotrichas paena
5 Karoo Scrub-Robin 4 6 Cercotrichas coryphoeus
4 Karoo Eremomela 1 2 Eremomela gregalis
4 Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
3 Cape Penduline Tit Anthoscopus minutus
4 Knysna Warbler Bradypterus sylvaticus
4 Victorin's Warbler 1 1 H Bradypterus victorini
5 Little Rush Warbler 3 1 Bradypterus baboecala
5 Lesser Swamp Warbler 1 1 Acrocephalus gracilirostris
4 African Reed Warbler Acrocephalus baeticatus
5 Cape Grassbird 4 1 Sphenoeacus afer
4 Cinnamon-breasted Warbler 1 1 Euryptila subcinnamomea
5 Fairy Flycatcher 1 1 Stenostira scita
5 Chestnut-vented Tit-Babbler 4 3 Parisoma subcaeruleum
5 Layard's Tit-Babbler 4 2 Parisoma layardi
4 Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens
5 Bar-throated Apalis 3 2 Apalis thoracica
2 Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
1 Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus
3 Cloud Cisticola 1 2 Cisticola tetrix
5 Neddicky 2 1 Cisticola fulvicapillus
5 Grey-backed Cisticola 5 30 Cisticola subruficapillus
5 Levaillant's Cisticola 3 2 Cisticola tinniens
5 Namaqua Warbler 1 2 Phragmacia substriata
5 Rufous-eared Warbler 2 1 Malcorus pectoralis
5 Karoo Prinia 8 20 Prinia maculosa
5 Black-chested Prinia 2 4 Prinia flavicans
5 African Dusky Flycatcher 1 6 Muscicapa adusta
5 Fiscal Flycatcher 6 15 Sigelus silens
5 Chat Flycatcher 3 10 Bradornis infuscatus
5 Marico Flycatcher 2 30 Bradornis mariquensis
5 Pririt Batis 2 2 Batis pririt
5 Cape Batis 1 2 Batis capensis
5 Cape Wagtail 7 6 Motacilla capensis
5 African Pied Wagtail 1 1 Motacilla aguimp
2 Long-billed Pipit 1 2 Anthus similis
1 Plain-backed Pipit 1 1 Anthus leucophrys
4 African (Grassland) Pipit 4 6 Anthus cinnamomeus
5 Cape (Orange-throated) Longclaw Macronyx capensis
5 Common Fiscal 7 20 Lanius collaris
5 Namib Fiscal 3 3 Lanius subcoronatus
5 Crimson-breasted Shrike 1 2 Laniarius atrococcineus
5 Southern Boubou 1 1 Laniarius ferrugineus
1 Southern Tchagra Tchagra tchagra
3 Olive Bush-shrike 1 1 Telophorus olivaceus
5 Bokmakierie 6 4 Telophorus zeylonus
4 Brubru Nilaus afer
5 Cape Glossy Starling 3 20 Lamprotornis nitens
5 Pale-winged Starling 3 15 Onychognathus nabouroup
5 Red-winged Starling 5 30 Onychognathus morio
5 Wattled Starling 1 6 Creatophora cinerea
5 Pied Starling 5 100 Spreo bicolor
5 European Starling 6 50 Sturnus vulgaris
5 Cape Sugarbird 1 5 Promerops cafer
5 Malachite Sunbird 7 12 Nectarinia famosa
5 Dusky Sunbird 5 10 Cinnyris fusca
5 Southern (Lesser) Double-collared Sunbird 7 20 Cinnyris chalybeus
2 Greater Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris afer
1 Marico Sunbird 1 1 Cinnyris mariquensis
5 Orange-breasted Sunbird 3 6 Anthobaphes violacea
5 Cape White-eye 5 30 Zosterops capensis
5 Orange River White-eye 2 12 Zosterops pallidus
5 Cape Sparrow 9 30 Passer melanurus
5 "Southern" Grey-headed Sparrow 3 30 Passer diffusus
5 White-browed Sparrow-Weaver 3 50 Plocepasser mahali
5 Sociable Weaver 4 200 Philietairus socius
2 Great Sparrow Passer motitensis
5 House Sparrow 9 12 Passer domesticus
5 Southern Masked Weaver 7 20 Ploceus velatus
5 Cape Weaver 6 40 Ploceus capensis
5 Scaly-feathered Finch (Scaly Weaver) 2 1 Sporopipes squamifrons
1 Red-billed Quelea 2 40 Quelea quelea
5 Southern Red Bishop 5 30 Euplectes orix
5 Yellow Bishop 6 12 Euplectes capensis
5 Pin-tailed Whydah 1 2 Vidua macroura
1 Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
5 Swee Waxbill 3 15 Estrilda melanotis
1 Black-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda erythronotus
5 Common Waxbill 4 20 Estrilda astrild
1 Violet-eared Waxbill Granatina granatina
4 Red-headed Finch 1 '000s Amadina erythrocephala
5 Yellow Canary 7 6 Serinus flaviventris
5 Brimstone (Bully) Canary 1 1 Serinus sulphuratus
1 Forest Canary Serinus scotops
5 Black-throated (S. Yellow-rumped) Canary 2 4 Serinus atrogularis
5 Cape (Yellow-crowned) Canary 5 20 Serinus canicollis
5 White-throated Canary 2 2 Serinus albogularis
3 Protea Canary Serinus leucopterus
5 Streaky-headed Seedeater 1 2 Serinus gularis
3 Black-headed Canary 1 1 Alario alario
3 Damara Canary 2 15 Alario leucolaema
5 Cape Siskin 3 2 Pseudochloroptila totta
2 Chaffinch (I) Fingilla coelebs (I)
5 Lark-like Bunting 3 20 Emberiza impetuani
5 Cape Bunting 5 30 Emberiza capensis

Mammals

Chacma Baboon 4 40 Papio ursinus
Rock Hyrax 6 6 Heterohyrax brucei
Vervet Monkey 1 10 Cercopithecus aethiops
Cape (Small) Grey Mongoose 4 1 Galerella pulverulenta
Yellow Mongoose 3 1 Cynictis penicillata
Slender Mongoose 1 1 Galerela sanguinea
Suricate (Meerkat) 1 6 Suricata suricatta
Zorilla 1 1 Ictonyx striatus
Cape Mountain Zebra 2 20 Equus zebra
Blue Wildebeest 1 55 Connochaetes taurinus
Grey (Common) Duiker 1 1 Sylvicapra grimmia
Bontebok 3 50 Damaliscus dorcas dorcas
Steinbok 2 4 Raphicerus campestris
Klipspringer 1 1 Oreotragus oreotragus
Springbok 3 663 Antidorcas marsupialis
Red Hartebeest 3 1 Alcelaphus buselaphus
Grey Rhebok 1 1 Pelea capreolus
Cape Ground-squirrel 2 12 Xerus inauris
African (Scrub) Hare 3 3 Lepus saxatilis
Cape Fur Seal 4 203 Arcocephalus pusillus
Gemsbok 2 14 Oryx gaxella
Eland 2 72 Taurotragus oryx
Humped-back Whale 1 1 Megaptera novaeangliae
Southern Right Whale 4 6 Balaena glacialis australis
Black-backed Jackal 1 2 Canis mesomelas
Bat-eared Fox 1 5 Octocyon megalotis
Angulate Tortoise 2 4 Chersina Angulata
South African Porcupine 1 1 Hystrix africaeaustralis