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    Bitou River (34012323)

    Western Cape
    Card 3957
    Compiler 607
    Location code 34012323Bitou River (Western Cape)
    Start date 2001-07-26
    Season WWinter
    Start time 14:00:00
    End time 17:00:00
    Shoreline covered 50
    Openwater covered 60
    Total Species 29
    Total Count 322
    Wetland Condition 0
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes 1
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		60
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		270
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		40
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		40
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		170
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		80
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		50
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		120
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		200
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		140
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		20
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		30
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		450
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		50
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		20
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		20
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		70
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		60
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		50
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		40
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		500
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		480
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		70
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		50
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		90


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    Friday 24 October 2025 05:06
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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