Contents: 'T is the season to be jolly; Who is this?; Fifty years Namibia Bird Club: some childhood memories; Bird Atlas Update; Aerial survey/ringing of breeding Lappet-faced Vultures in the Namib-Naukluft Park and farm project October 2012; Stop illegal bird trading; Some exciting stuff from the literature;  Selected recoveries, retraps controls etc; Calendar of events.