SA 700 Club

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