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    Olifants River Mouth: South Bank (31421812)

    Western Cape
    Card 509938
    Compiler 2158
    Location code 31421812Olifants River Mouth: South Bank (Western Cape)
    Start date 2023-01-18
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:30
    End time 11:30
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 23
    Total Count 372
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 14Tourism/recreation
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes could not do the southern pan due to an order to return to lamberts bay to assist with a fire in cederberg mountains. trees where black crowned night herons and black headed and grey herons breed been chopped down.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		100
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		300
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		30
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		170
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		40
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		120
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		200
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		20
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		20
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		80
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		500
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		270
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		360
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		60
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		20
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		80
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		20
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		10
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		30
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		30
    1342Shelduck, Common
    (Tadorna tadorna)    		1230


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 12:50
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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