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    Olifants River Mouth: South Bank (31421812)

    Western Cape
    Card 503633
    Compiler 11
    Location code 31421812Olifants River Mouth: South Bank (Western Cape)
    Start date 2011-01-19
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:15
    End time 11:52
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 32
    Total Count 1860
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Mist hampered count - difficult to observe birds at long distance and had to adapt count methodology to cater for this, more stops as birds were counted over shroter distances. The lesser Flamingo was a juvenile bird as were 26 of the 58 Greater Flamingos observed.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		30
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		90
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		180
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		50
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		70
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		110
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		140
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		20
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		580
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		10
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		400
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		10
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		1310
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		410
    236Plover, Chestnut-banded
    (Charadrius pallidus)    		120
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		690
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		680
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		8970
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		980
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		270
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		20
    257Sandpiper, Terek
    (Xenus cinereus)    		20
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		2070
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		30
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		450
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		100
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		10
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		310
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		380
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		30
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		50


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    Saturday 27 April 2024 08:26
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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