On the Easter weekend Eckart Demasius and Richard Niddrie saw a blue waxbill at the Spitzkoppe. This species was not atlased anywhere near the Spitzkoppe and this appears to be a significant range extension. They also saw a brown snake-eagle there. While not a rarity in Namibia, Atlas data suggests that this bird was at the extreme south western edge of its range. Eckart and Richard also had good sightings of the elusive Herero chat at this location. On the same weekend they saw Burchell's courser at Omdel Dam - again a species which was not atlased in that quarter degree square (QDS).The Namibia Bird Club morning walk at the Gammams Sewerage Works on 19.4.2009 turned up a purple heron and a little bittern, neither of which is a common species around Windhoek.