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    Mud River Mouth (33291818)

    Western Cape
    Card 500333
    Compiler 106
    Location code 33291818Mud River Mouth (Western Cape)
    Start date 2008-08-03
    Season WWinter
    Start time 11:15
    End time 13:10
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 15
    Total Count 3012
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes 2080 of the total Cape Cormorants were seen flying North to South in broken flocks late in the count. Some landed on the offshore island were all other 510 Cape Cormorants were previously counted, some continued past towards Grotto Bay. Water in river quite high, scouring out steeper banks on south side. Unidentified Tern, possibly an Arctic?
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    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0F. Ellmore
     
    0M. Tripp
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		20
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		25900
    51Cormorant, Crowned
    (Microcarbo coronatus)    		30
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		20
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		90
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		30
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		60
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		1880
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		770
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		190
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		1030
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		60
    10009Tern, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		10


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    Tuesday 16 December 2025 10:57
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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