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    Soetendalsvlei (34431958)

    Western Cape
    Card 500237
    Compiler 2189
    Location code 34431958Soetendalsvlei (Western Cape)
    Start date 2008-02-02
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:30
    End time 14:00
    Shoreline covered 65
    Openwater covered 40
    Total Species 28
    Total Count 548
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 2Poor
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes The numbers are a bit low but we are finding that the thickening reed bed is making it difficult for some of the waders as the swallow areas are being taken over by reeds and it is making it more difficult to count. Species sheet Notes
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		250
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		220
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		20
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		50
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		70
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		180
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		520
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		480
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		190
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1500
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		300
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		40
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		100
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		140
    216Crane, Blue
    (Grus paradisea)    		500
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		40
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		60
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		90
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		50
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		180
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		120
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		180
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		20
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		10
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		30
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		120


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    Sunday 02 November 2025 07:41
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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