News had broken of a Hudsonian Godwit showing well at Seeberg bird hide in the West Coast National Park and, since Margaret still needed this for her SA list and I had yet to photograph one, we immediately jumped into the car and headed up there. On arrival, it took about 20 minutes before we were able to locate the bird after which it showed quite well for the rest of the time that we were there. Unfortunately, it was always directly into the sun which didn't allow for any decent photos, but it was still good to catch up with this local mega.

This bird represents only the 6^th ever record for Southern Africa. The first record was in March 1987 at the Swartkops River estuary in Port Elizabeth. This was followed in February 1989 by a bird at Bottlerey in the West Coast National Park, then a bird in February 1990 on the Berg River at Velddrif (which returned for a second season), then another bird at Geelbek in the West Coast National Park in December 1999 and, lastly, a bird on the Walvis Bay Lagoon in December 2000.