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    Bitou River (34012323)

    Western Cape
    Card 502224
    Compiler 10055
    Location code 34012323Bitou River (Western Cape)
    Start date 2011-07-14
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:40
    End time 11:45
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 28
    Total Count 508
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		110
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		400
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		120
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		1180
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		150
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		40
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		430
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		110
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		270
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		770
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		80
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		20
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		20
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		40
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		50
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		40
    216Crane, Blue
    (Grus paradisea)    		30
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		20
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		40
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		210
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		160
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		20
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		660
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		50


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    Saturday 25 October 2025 02:25
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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