sa 700 club

Southern Africa currently has a list of over 950 species recorded within its boundaries and the group of people listed below have all seen at least 700 of these within Southern Africa. If your name does not appear on the list, but you fall into this category and would like to be on the list, please email us your details and we will add you to the list. If your total has changed since publication of this list, please also send us your revised total to amend the list.

As at 22 December 2011, there are 453 people on the list who are spread all over the subregion as well as some from other countries. The various regions are represented as follows:

 

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Region Total
Western Cape 99
Eastern Cape 13
Northern Cape 2
Free State 8
Kwazulu Natal 67
Gauteng 195
Mpumalanga 27
Northwest Province 4
Limpopo Province 7
Botswana 2
Zimbabwe 4
U.K. 6
U.S.A. 5
Canada 3
Egypt 1
Guatemala 1
Sweden 1
Switzerland 1
Cyprus 1
United Arab Emirates 1
Belgium 2
Australia 1
Germany 2

 
List of birders reporting a Southern African list of 700 or more species:

 
Those names in red have confirmed that their totals are calculated as per the latest Southern African checklist available to download on this website.
People who have an asterisk (*) next to their names have since passed on, but their names are retained here in memory of their passion for birding.
   
Name Total 
Ian Sinclair 934

The top three twitchers in Southern Africa use

Trevor Hardaker 904
John Graham 898
Naas du Preez   893
Dave Deighton 892 
Edward Smith 886
John Glendinning 884
Phil Hockey 883
Athol Marchant 882
Peter Ryan 882
Barrie Rose 881
Rodney Cassidy 879
Wendel du Buy 879
Ken Logan 878
Helen Biram 877
Ron Searle 877
Robin Gray 876
Patrick Cardwell 875
Bruce Dyer 874
Howard Rayner 874
Jonathan Rossouw 871
Lyn Deighton 871
Geoff Lockwood 870
Richard Randall 869
Selwyn Rautenbach 869
Adam Riley 868
Colin Valentine 867
David Hoddinott 867
Keith Valentine 867
Glen Valentine 865
John Bradshaw 865
Morne de la Rey 864
Alf Taylor 862
Rob Leslie 862
Susan Valentine 862
John van Zyl 860
Lukas Niemand 859
Barry Hawthorne 856
Chris Lotz 856
Gert J. Opperman 856
Margie Hawthorne 856
Stephanie Logan 856
André van Wyk 855
Andrew Sutherland 855
Theresa van Wyk 855
Andrew Hester 854
Clive Kaplan 854
Andre Botha 852
Ian Foulis 852
Paul Funston 852
Erik Forsyth 851
Johann Grobbelaar 851
Tony Newey 851
Magui Rayner 850
Tony Tree 850
Richard Montinaro 849
Tony Dixon 848
Niall Perrins 847
Etienne Marais 846
Lizet Grobbelaar 846
Deon Coetzee 845
Frans van Vuuren 845
Gielie Bester 845
Grahame Snow 845
Theo Buchholz 843
Maans Booysen 842
Peter Lawson 842
Digby Cyrus 841
Dries Herbst 841
Gloria Heffer 841
Rob Geddes 841
Henk Alting 840
Adele van Vuuren 838
Joe Grosel 838
John Maytham 838
Mike Ford 838
Alfred Mauff 837
Claire Spottiswoode 837
Jan de Vries 835
Irene Rasmussen 834
Cliff Dorse 833
Hannes van Aswegen 833
Anne Gray 832
Libby Kerr 832
Louis Heyns 832
Sven Carlsson-Smith 832
Werner Sinclair 832
Allan Ridley 831
Dolf Botha 831
Helm van Zijl 831
Sandy de Witt 831
Dave Stevens 830
Dewald Swanepoel 830
Faansie Peacock 830
Gerald Wingate 829
Andre Marx 828
Margaret Maciver 828
Pieter la Grange 828
Timothy Boucher 828
Jenny Norman 827
Tony Clarkson 827
Per Holmen 826
Peter Carnall 826
Alvin Cope 825
David Hall 825
Eric Ehlers 825
Greg Lock 825
Adrian Jordi 824
Bruce Lawson 824
Cynthia Lockwood 823
Keith Barnes 823
Sam de Beer 823
Tertius Gous 821
Pieter Loubser 821
Jacqui Ehlers 820
Jonathan Francis 820
Lyn Carlsson-Smith 820
David Winter 819
Murrie Slotar 819
Wilna Steenkamp 819
Guy Gibbon 818
Jane Irvine 818
Adrian Ogilvie 817
Lorraine Mauff 817
Peter Wilgenbus 817
Retha Taylor 817
Ehren Eksteen 816
Peter Sharland 816
Shez Rossouw 816
Barry Scott 815
Bob Oosthuizen 815
Jenny Sharland 815
Maureen Dixon 815
Izak Coetzer 812
Kerry Fairley 812
Stephan Terblanche 812
David Weaver 811
Andre Bernon 810
Hanno Langenhoven 810
John Carter 809
David Allen 808
Gary Douglas 808
* Alan Thomson 807
Charl Weitz 807
David Morrison 807
Sue Oertli 807
Carol Foulis 806
Duncan McKenzie 806
Owen Oertli 806
* Pete Outhwaite 806
Philip Coetzee 806
Mark Caulton 805
Mike O'Donoghue 805
* Barry Pillemer 804
Yvonne Pennington 804
Corne Rautenbach 803
Gregg Darling 803
Greta Graham 803
Kevin Ravno 803
Anton Odendaal 802
Dominic Rollinson 802
John Isom 802
Peter Ginn 802
Derek Spencer 801
Ian Davidson 801
Johan Lotter 801
David Ashby 800
David Shackelford 800
Duncan Christie 800
Joe Crouch 800
Margaret Hardaker 800
Marjorie Crouch 800
Patrick Rollinson 800
Ray Biram 800
Tim Wood 800
Pierre Hofmeyr 799
Tamar Cassidy 799
Anle Streicher 798
Andre Pienaar 797
Christian Boix Hinzen 796
Aldo Berutti 795
Peter Jordi 795
Allon Traub 794
Altus Lombard 794
Johan Haasbroek 794
Ann Ayre 793
Gerhardt Streicher 793
Mike Bridgeford 793
Rob de Rover 793
Karin Wiesler 792
Maureen Searle 791
Rolf Wiesler 791
Rynetta Coetzee 791
Johnny Wilson 790
Chris Brewster 789
Mike Buckham 789
Andre Stapelberg 787
Margaret Hoile 787
Robin Davey 787
Wally Davey 787
Warwick Tarboton 787
Hilary Harrison 786
Ralda Heyns 786
Sally King 786
Stephen James 786
Dawie Kleynhans 785
Mel Tripp 785
Alisha Belo 784
Giselle Murison 784
Mark Kirk 784
Stephen Cameron 784
Roger Horner 783
Dan Sonnenberg 781
* Erik de Villiers 781
Gina Wilgenbus 781
Margot Connor 781
Rudo Lotter 781
Ilmary Keddy 780
Christiaan de Wit 779
* Pauline Leinberger 779
Ben du Toit 778
Giles Mulholland 778
Ines Cooke 778
John Davies 778
Martin Benadie 778
Rose Cyrus 778
* Kirsten Louw 777
Brendan Ryan 776
Paul Wood 776

Valéry Schollaert

776
Graham Barnett 775
Japie Claassen 775
Gert Opperman 774
Lyn Mair 774
Ashwell Glasson 773
Derek Solomon 773
Ron Johns 772
Byron McGaw 771
Kevin Forsberg 771
Michele Tarboton 771
John McAllister 770
Rob Little 770
Pieter Diederichs 769
Lia Steen 767
Martin Steen 767
Ulrich Oberprieler 767
Vernon Marinus 767
Gavin Walker 766
Malcolm Fair 766
Peter Thompson 766
Dawie Rotteveel 765
Duan Biggs 765
Gary McCormack 765
Janice Isom 765
Pat Nurse 765
Paul Rollinson 765
Sylvia Ledgard 765
Corrie du Toit 764
Hannie de Wit 764
Buller Jensen 763
Charles Hardy 763
Charles Pemberton 763
Eike Diederichs 763
Peter Divall 763
Stan Madden 763
Robert Rotteveel 762
Andre McDonald 761
Ann Ricketts 761
Tisha Greyling 761
Ronél Peacock 760
Lukas Botha 759
Philip Fry 759
Gisela Ortner 757
Jill Mortimer 756
Lyndsay Walker 755
Gerda de Vries 753
Jonathan Boucher 753
Rael Loon 753
Dave Vink 752
Jim McLuskie 752
Lester Niss 752
Mike Spain 752
Gary Cusins 751
Robert Wienand 751
Ralda de Beer 750
Rex Wakely-Smith 750
Ian Whyte 749
Johan Eksteen 749
Michael Mason 749
Mieke de Villiers 749
Ralie Claassen 749
Barry Swaddle 747
Mike Roseblade 747
Rick Nuttall 747
Duncan Gray 746
Jane Morris 746
Roddy Furlong 746
Sieg Eiselen 746
Calie Diedericks 745
Sarieta Kleynhans 745
Debbie Perrins 744
Gill Jensen 744
Malcolm Suttill 744
Marlia Rotteveel 744
Paul Gascoigne 744
Shaun Peard 744
Vernon Head 744
Danze Bester 743
Neil Rautenbach 743
Phil Penlington 743
Clyde Porter 742
Bernard Bronn 741
Jan Pienaar 741
Philip Calinikos 741
Alistair Kilpin 740
Gavin Lautenbach 740
Mike Pope 740
Ticky Forbes 740
Brian Vanderwalt 739
Derick Oosthuizen 739
Tony Wienand 739
Jill Ashby 738
Roy McGrath 738
Graham Winch 737
Barry Emberton 736
Marguerite McGrath 736
Steve Davies 736
Anita Divall 735
Elize McAllister 735
Mark van Biers 735
Scott Ronaldson 735
Peter Bijlmakers 734
Peter Kaestner 734
Alec Ryall 733
Charmaine Oosthuizen 733
Del Ryall 733
Ewan Porter 733
Hans Schouwink 733
John Neville 733
Tony Wood 733
Buffalo van Niekerk 732
Ria Mynhardt 732
Lance Robinson 731
Ken Hattingh 730
* Ken Gordon 729
Stephanie Gerber 728
Tony Archer 728
Andrew McKechnie 727
Colin Gerrans 727
Grant Fairley 727
Ian Grant 727
Teet Sirotkin 727
Mark Beckermann 726
Steve Blaber 726
Tony Roberts 726
Flick Cope 725
Martie de Wijn 724
Jim Gordon 723
Chris Spengler 722
Collin Rautenbach 722
Howard Marshall 722
Erhard Kruger 721
Felicity Grundlingh 721
Millie Bilotta 721
Reg Thomson 721
Rihann Geyser 721
Eddie Edmonds 720
Johan Boshoff 720
Jean-Pierre le Roux 719
Jenny Furlong 719
Mary de Wijn 719
Dave Brown 718
Gerhard Booysen 718
* Mark Coetzee 718
Ernie Vreugde 717
Jacques Malherbe 717
Christoph Moning 716
Heather Busby 716
Pieter van Zyl 716
Bruce Pocock 715
George Skinner 714
Louis Marx 714
Phillip Collins 714
Sally Harris 714
Chris Roche 713
Mark Harrington 713
Andrew Stainthorpe 712
Markus Lilje 712
Duncan MacFadyen 711
Isabel Broekhuizen 711
David Swanepoel 710
Phil Whittington 710
Sue Wellman 710
Beth Steven 709
Darryl Clifford 709
Denise Hill 709
Fred Hanson 709
Jane Smart 709
Keri-Ann McDonald 709
Lunn Steven 709
Alan Green 708
André Kotzé 708
Chris de Vries 708
Jean Caulton 708
Nigel Mathews 708
Adrian Haagner 707
Andy Cheeseman 707
Dawid Rossouw 707
Hugh Buck 707
Dave Callam 706
Isabel Schouwink 706
John Fannin 706
Jon Hornbuckle 706
Rob Crosbie 706
Christine Reid 705
Janine Malherbe 705

Johan ver Loren van Themaat

705
Michael Clacey 705
Sue Chapman 705
Andrew Kruger 704
Ben Baxter 704
Charnelle du Toit 704
Duncan Pritchard 704
Errard Sullivan 704
Gabby Briede 704
Kevin Drummond-Hay 704
Louis du Toit 704
Matthew Prophet 704
Simon Peile 704
Sharon Kersten 704
Woody Bracey 704
De Villiers Cloete 703
Don Cowan 703
Gerben van de Wetering 703
Gillian van Zijl 703
Ken Griffiths 703
Martin Taylor 703
Otto Schmidt 703
Cleo Artemides 702
Herman Bos 702
John Gerhart 702
Neville Cornish 702
Brigid Crewe 701
Fred Kersten 701
Liz Blomeyer 701
Marie-Louise Cardwell 701
Paul Bartho 701
Steven Evans 701
Vince Ward 701
Chris Patton 700
David Bishop 700
Gavin Simms 700
Gerald Blake 700

 

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