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    Bitou River (34012323)

    Western Cape
    Card 2204
    Compiler 309
    Location code 34012323Bitou River (Western Cape)
    Start date 1997-07-26
    Season WWinter
    Start time 12:00:00
    End time 15:30:00
    Shoreline covered 50
    Openwater covered 60
    Total Species 29
    Total Count 351
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		60
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		260
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		30
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		110
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		50
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		90
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		50
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		200
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		660
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		270
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		170
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		80
    103Duck, Maccoa
    (Oxyura maccoa)    		20
    104Duck, White-backed
    (Thalassornis leuconotus)    		100
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		270
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		140
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		90
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		260
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		400
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		50
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		20
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		50
    509Martin, Brown-throated
    (Riparia paludicola)    		10


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    Thursday 06 November 2025 09:23
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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