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    Kleinemonde West River: Mouth - 4km upstream (33322721)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 501803
    Compiler 1524
    Location code 33322721Kleinemonde West River: Mouth - 4km upstream (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2011-02-08
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:30
    End time 10:00
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 29
    Total Count 386
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Mist to begin with, the cloudy made distance viewing tricky. River fuller than usual so most waders in back pans. ! black stork seen 2 days prior to count
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		410Probably Breeding
    51Cormorant, Crowned
    (Microcarbo coronatus)    		20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		110Probably Breeding
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		90
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		200Probably Breeding
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		30
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		400
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		100
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		100
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		20
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		30
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		110
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		80
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		100
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		200
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		380
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		50
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		80
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		380Probably Breeding
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		40
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		20
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		50
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		160
    299Tern, Little
    (Sternula albifrons)    		450
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		160
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		20
    396Kingfisher, Half-collared
    (Alcedo semitorquata)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		50


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    Thursday 25 December 2025 03:17
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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