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    Olifants River Mouth: South Bank (31421812)

    Western Cape
    Card 2461
    Compiler 11
    Location code 31421812Olifants River Mouth: South Bank (Western Cape)
    Start date 1998-07-29
    Season WWinter
    Start time 12:15:00
    End time 14:45:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 29
    Total Count 1120
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		90
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		370
    49Cormorant, Bank
    (Phalacrocorax neglectus)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		40
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		50
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		60
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		260
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		380
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		310
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		1060
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		50
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		550
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		360
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		60
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		530
    236Plover, Chestnut-banded
    (Charadrius pallidus)    		690
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		210
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		60
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		10
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		40
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		310
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		1520
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		50
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		3680
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		60
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		360


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    Sunday 14 December 2025 10:59
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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