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    Beaufort West Bird Sanctuary (32222237)

    Western Cape
    Card 500981
    Compiler 2068
    Location code 32222237Beaufort West Bird Sanctuary (Western Cape)
    Start date 2009-07-04
    Season WWinter
    Start time 09:00
    End time 11:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 26
    Total Count 1396
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0F. janse van Veuren
     
    0J. Claasen
     
    0J. janse van Veuren
     
    0M. Andela
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		190
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		30
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		840
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		3750
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		250
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		2180
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		1780
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		140
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		10
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		480
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		150
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		820
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		200
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		600
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		10
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		90
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		810
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		130
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		210
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		190
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		30
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		1020
    10015Mallard, Hybrid
    (Anas hybrid)    		10


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    Sunday 02 November 2025 11:21
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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