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    De Mond Estuary (34432007)

    Western Cape
    Card 501203
    Compiler 1292
    Location code 34432007De Mond Estuary (Western Cape)
    Start date 2009-04-07
    Season OOther
    Start time 10:30
    End time 13:45
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 22
    Total Count 129
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes More of the river was counted by boat up to the Struisbaai road.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		290
    51Cormorant, Crowned
    (Microcarbo coronatus)    		120
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		100
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		40
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		90
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		40
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		110
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		20
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		40
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		40
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		30
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		220
    266Godwit, Bar-tailed
    (Limosa lapponica)    		10
    267Curlew, Eurasian
    (Numenius arquata)    		20
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		20
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20


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    Tuesday 16 December 2025 11:04
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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