Otto Brase reported a great reed-warbler seen on Farm Neuras north west of Maltahöhe on 09/01/2010. While there are a few scattered Atlas records for this species in central Namibia the closest one seems to be about 100 km to the east of where this bird was seen. The only rarity seen by the summer wetland counters at Walvis Bay on the weekend of 16 & 17/01/2010 was a single common redshank. Ulrich Hofmann reported a saddle-billed stork seen on Farm Kakuse north west of Tsumeb in mid January.