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    Bitou River (34012323)

    Western Cape
    Card 501050
    Compiler 607
    Location code 34012323Bitou River (Western Cape)
    Start date 2009-02-23
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:30
    End time 11:45
    Shoreline covered 50
    Openwater covered 60
    Total Species 30
    Total Count 402
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes
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    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0J. Powter
     
    0P. Humphrey
     
    0S. Peterson
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		80
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		270
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		100
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		70
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		610
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		210
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		60
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		10
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		110
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		370
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		110
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		30
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		30
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		40
    216Crane, Blue
    (Grus paradisea)    		40
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		20
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		250
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		150
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		20
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		160
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		80
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		760
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		130
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		170
    1016, Mallard
    (Anas platyrhynchos)    		60
    10004Goose, Domestic
    (Anser anser domesticus)    		20


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    Monday 03 November 2025 10:58
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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