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    Kleinriviersvlei (Klein River Estuary) (34251921)

    Western Cape
    Card 502230
    Compiler 1422
    Location code 34251921Kleinriviersvlei (Klein River Estuary) (Western Cape)
    Start date 2011-07-09
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:30
    End time 11:30
    Shoreline covered 70
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 32
    Total Count 1758
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Disturbance to Oystercatchers and White-fronted Plovers by dogs being exercised along the lagoon mouth (which is closed by a sand-bar.)
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		80
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		90
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		190
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		50
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		560
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		60
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		40
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		80
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		50
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		40
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		60
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		240
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		490
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		20
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		30
    197Rail, African
    (Rallus caerulescens)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		30
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		14070
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		120
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		200
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		20
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		50
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		40
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		290
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		410
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		120
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		60
    10004Goose, Domestic
    (Anser anser domesticus)    		30


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    Saturday 01 November 2025 12:57
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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