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    Olifants River Mouth: South Bank (31421812)

    Western Cape
    Card 4773
    Compiler 11
    Location code 31421812Olifants River Mouth: South Bank (Western Cape)
    Start date 2003-01-29
    Season SSummer
    Start time 17:57:00
    End time 19:30:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 27
    Total Count 1134
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes 1
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		20
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		140
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		30
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		120
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		80
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		130
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		30
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		70
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		850
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		150
    236Plover, Chestnut-banded
    (Charadrius pallidus)    		60
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		750
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		490
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		3660
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		310
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		630
    257Sandpiper, Terek
    (Xenus cinereus)    		10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		780
    267Curlew, Eurasian
    (Numenius arquata)    		40
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		160
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		980
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		10
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		1090
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		530
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		60
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		140


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    Sunday 02 November 2025 07:40
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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