As you drive along slowly you should pick up Rufous-naped Lark, Yellow-throated Longclaw, African Pipit, Fan-tailed Widowbird, Red-collared Widowbird, Croaking Cisticola, Zitting Cisticola, Neddicky, Grey- rumped Swallow, numbers of Southern Red Bishop and sometimes Red-billed Quelea amongst them. The farming area of ARC has Spotted Thick-knee on occasions, and very often Crowned Lapwing, Blacksmith Lapwing and African Wattled Lapwing. The fence often has perched Brimstone Canary.
You will reach a bridge over the highway and it is a good idea to stop and have a look here as Lesser Striped Swallow breeds under the bridge and sometimes have their nests hi-jacked by White-rumped Swifts. Just past the bridge there is some dense woodland habitat on the left where Southern Masked Weaver breeds in Acacia trees at the edge of the woodland and African (Holub’s) Golden Weaver in a patch of reeds nearby. Red-faced Cisticola is also resident here. The woodland holds birds such as Gorgeous Bush-shrike, Orange-breasted Bush-shrike, Sombre Greenbul, Tambourine Dove, Bar-throated Apalis, Golden-tailed Woodpecker and Purple-crested Turaco plus others.
Continue to a T-junction and turn left to pass through an open gate to a field of open grassland. Drive a short distance to an open gravel area and then slowly retrace your steps to the main road. The chances of picking up something new on the way are good so take your time. Stop when you get back to the main road and scan the transmission lines on the opposite side of the road. Raptors often perch on the wire or poles and you could get Black-shouldered Kite, Lizard Buzzard, Common Buzzard and in late summer, Amur Falcon. When you turn onto the main road stop at ARC entrance and scan a pond to the left of the entrance. White-faced Whistling Duck are often here, along with Black-headed Heron, Egyptian Goose, Reed Cormorant and exotic Mallard to end your list.