During the month of July 2009 volunteers once again participated in the winter wetland bird counts all over Namibia. A total of 27 wetlands were counted resulting in just over 99,000 birds of 87 species. The number of sites being counted is up thanks to the Namibia Bird Club, which is now conducting regular counts at Avis Dam, the Gammams (Windhoek) Sewage Works and Monte Christo. The Walvis Bay Ramsar site tops the list with over 50,000 birds, followed by Sandwich Harbour and the Mile 4 Saltworks. Walvis Bay also tops the list in terms of number of species, followed by Lake Oponono, Sandwich and Monte Christo - thirty species or more were recorded at each of these wetlands. Once again the count for the Orange River Mouth Ramsar site is only a partial count because no simultaneous count was conducted on the South African side.