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    Olifants River Mouth: South Bank (31421812)

    Western Cape
    Card 3454
    Compiler 11
    Location code 31421812Olifants River Mouth: South Bank (Western Cape)
    Start date 2000-07-24
    Season WWinter
    Start time 13:20:00
    End time 16:20:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 27
    Total Count 1205
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes 0
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		230
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		30
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		200
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		60
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		70
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		40
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		10
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		120
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		100
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		110
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		10
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		20
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		1020
    236Plover, Chestnut-banded
    (Charadrius pallidus)    		40
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		250
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		120
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		1520
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		90
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		150
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		170
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		1530
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		590
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		5000
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		480
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		70


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    Sunday 02 November 2025 01:40
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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