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    Bitou River (34012323)

    Western Cape
    Card 502968
    Compiler 10055
    Location code 34012323Bitou River (Western Cape)
    Start date 2013-02-11
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:40
    End time 12:45
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 60
    Total Species 35
    Total Count 684
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 1Bad
    Count Type 5Mixed
    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)    		50
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		200
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		140
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		40
    60Egret, Intermediate [x]
    (Ardea intermedia)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		3020
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		150
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		40
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		70
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		110
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		90
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		750
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		400
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		40
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		20
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		90
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		60
    216Crane, Blue
    (Grus paradisea)    		20
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		10
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		10
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		10
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		80
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		250
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		20
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		50
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		10
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		20
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		280
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		670
    396Kingfisher, Half-collared
    (Alcedo semitorquata)    		10
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		70


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    Sunday 21 December 2025 10:11
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
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