Update3: Changed the Hoopoe to seen. Added the Pied Crow. Will add any swallows once there is concensus on the species.

Update2: I've included 5 more birds that were seen and heard dung the last two days.

Update: I've included Landi's three owls.

I've made a quick tally of the birds mentioned on the forum and sofar the list already includes 39 species, with 22 seen, 17 only heard, 35 certain ID's and 4 possible ones! The dates in the list are those of the first time the bird was mentioned, not necessarily when it was first seen or heard.

I've also indicated if the bird was S(een) or H(eard) and whether the poster was C(ertain) of the ID or whether it was (P)ossibly that bird.

Behind the date I've added the scientific and (if different from the current one) old name for easy reference.

Please post any birds I missed or a quick mention of any new birds that reveal themselves before the end of this month so I can add them.

I'll start a new list in October.

New (Roberts VII) name …… Seen/Heard Certain/Suspected Date …… Scientific Name …… Old (Roberts VI) name

Babbler, Arrow-marked …… H C 16/Sep/2006 …… Turdoides jardineii ……
Batis, Chinspot …… H C 17/Sep/2006 …… Batis molitor …… Whiteflanked Batis
Bunting, Golden-breasted …… S C 17/Sep/2006 …… Emberiza flaviventris ……
Coucal, Burchell's …… H C 21/Sep/2006 …… Centropus burchelli …… Whitebrowed Coucal
Crow, Pied …… S C 28/Sep/2006 …… Corvus albus ……
Dove, Cape Turtle- …… H C 16/Sep/2006 …… Streptopelia capicola …… Ring-necked Dove
Dove, Emerald-spotted Wood- …… S C 21/Sep/2006 …… Turtur chalcospilos …… Emerald-spotted Dove, Greenspotted Dove
Drongo, Fork-tailed …… S C 14/Sep/2006 …… Dicrurus adsimilis ……
Eagle, Wahlberg's …… S C 17/Sep/2006 …… Aquila wahlbergi ……
Francolin, Crested (incl Kirk's) …… S C 12/Sep/2006 …… Peliperdix sephaena ……
Go-away-bird, Grey …… H C 16/Sep/2006 …… Corythaixoides concolor …… Grey Lourie, Go-away-bird
Goose, Egyptian …… S C 12/Sep/2006 …… Alopochen aegyptiacus ……
Greenshank, Common …… S C 18/Sep/2006 …… Tringa nebularia …… Greenshank
Hamerkop …… S C 14/Sep/2006 …… Scopus umbretta ……
Hoopoe, African …… S C 19/Sep/2006 …… Upupa africana ……
Hornbill, Red-billed …… S C 12/Sep/2006 …… Tockus erythrorhynchus ……
Hornbill, Southern Yellow-billed …… S C 14/Sep/2006 …… Tockus leucomelas …… Yellowbilled Hornbill
Ibis, Hadeda …… H C 22/Sep/2006 …… Bostrychia hagedash ……
Nightjar, Square-tailed …… H P 14/Sep/2006 …… Caprimulgus fossii …… Mozambique Nightjar
Owl, African Scops- …… H C 14/Sep/2006 …… Otus senegalensis …… Scops Owl
Owl, Barn …… H C 17/Sep/2006 …… Tyto alba ……
Owl, Southern White-faced Scops- …… H P 17/Sep/2006 …… Ptilopsus granti …… Whitefaced Owl
Owl, Spotted Eagle- …… H C 17/Sep/2006 …… Bubo africanus ……
Owl, Verreaux's Eagle- …… S C 12/Sep/2006 …… Bubo lacteus …… Giant Eagle Owl, Milky Eagle-Owl
Oxpecker, Red-billed …… H C 16/Sep/2006 …… Buphagus erythrorhynchus ……
Oxpecker, Yellow-billed …… S C 17/Sep/2006 …… Buphagus africanus ……
Plover, Three-banded …… S C 14/Sep/2006 …… Charadrius tricollaris ……
Puffback, Black-backed …… H C 16/Sep/2006 …… Dryoscopus cubla …… Puffback
Shrike, Orange-breasted Bush- …… H C 16/Sep/2006 …… Telophorus sulfureopectus ……
Sparrow, Southern Grey-headed …… S P 21/Sep/2006 …… Passer diffusus ……
Starling, Burchell's …… S C 17/Sep/2006 …… Lamprotornis australis …… Burchell's Glossy Starling
Starling, Greater Blue-eared …… H C 16/Sep/2006 …… Lamprotornis chalybaeus …… Greater Blue-eared Glossy Starling
Stilt, Black-winged …… S P 12/Sep/2006 …… Himantopus himantopus ……
Stork, Saddle-billed …… S C 12/Sep/2006 …… Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis …… Saddlebill
Swallow, Barn …… S C 17/Sep/2006 …… Hirundo rustica …… European Swallow
Swallow, Red-breasted …… S C 21/Sep/2006 …… Hirundo semirufa ……
Thick-knee, Spotted …… S C 13/Sep/2006 …… Burhinus capensis …… Spotted Dikkop (Cape Dikkop)
Wood-hoopoe, Green …… H C 16/Sep/2006 …… Phoeniculus purpureus …… Red-billed Wood-Hoopoe
Woodpecker, Golden-tailed …… H C 16/Sep/2006 …… Campethera abingoni ……