The 2010 ringing season once again turned out to be a good one for the Namibian ringers - just more than 16,000 birds of 230 species were handled by the ringers at 585 different localities. A total of 12,019 birds were newly ringed (code 1), with two ringers, Mark Boorman and Dirk Heinrich, each ringing well over 2,500 birds. The new emphasis on recording re-traps, seriously bolstered those totals (4,134 birds) and Neil Thomson managed to beat the three islanders to the top of that log. Dirk Heinrich once again proved that he is the master when it comes to ringing different species, clocking up just over 20% of the species ever recorded for Namibia. African Penguins head the list of all birds handled due to the many re-sightings reported by the MFMR island staff but Mark Boorman's gargantuan efforts at the Mile 4 Saltworks are manifest in the fact that two tern species (Black and Common) top the list of all birds newly ringed and these two species then also head the list of wetland/seabird species. The hard work of the vulture ringers is reflected in the fact that Lappet-faced Vultures head the list of birds of prey, with White-backed Vultures being third. The sterling work of Sigi Braby at the coast is documented in the list of endemic species where Damara Terns by far outnumber all the other ones.