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    Voelvlei (34162149)

    Western Cape
    Card 304
    Compiler 48
    Location code 34162149Voelvlei (Western Cape)
    Start date 1994-02-20
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:30:00
    End time 11:30:00
    Shoreline covered 70
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 28
    Total Count 3134
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		90
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		400
    60Egret, Intermediate [x]
    (Ardea intermedia)    		10
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		100
    79Stork, Black
    (Ciconia nigra)    		40
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		200
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		1600
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		100
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		40
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		80
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		300
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		120
    232Turnstone, Ruddy
    (Arenaria interpres)    		10
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		3000
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		1500
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		100
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		640
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		10500
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		9500
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		180
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		540
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		1100
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		40
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		20
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		980
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		40
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		100


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    Tuesday 16 December 2025 09:34
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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