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    Beaufort West Bird Sanctuary (32222237)

    Western Cape
    Card 120
    Compiler 39
    Location code 32222237Beaufort West Bird Sanctuary (Western Cape)
    Start date 1993-01-23
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:00:00
    End time 11:00:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 28
    Total Count 614
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 0
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		10
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		250
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		20
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		300
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		60
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		280
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		10
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		200
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		750
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		20
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		80
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		320
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		470
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		220
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		450
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		360
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		190
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		150
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		90
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		10
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		80
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		90
    304Tern, White-winged
    (Chlidonias leucopterus)    		1300
    509Martin, Brown-throated
    (Riparia paludicola)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		370


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    Sunday 02 November 2025 01:47
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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