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    Olifants River Mouth: South Bank (31421812)

    Western Cape
    Card 503690
    Compiler 11
    Location code 31421812Olifants River Mouth: South Bank (Western Cape)
    Start date 2012-01-11
    Season SSummer
    Start time 10:10
    End time 13:15
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 29
    Total Count 1371
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		670
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		90
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		470
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		60
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		90
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		20
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		50
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		10
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		60
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		120
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		410
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		170
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		10
    236Plover, Chestnut-banded
    (Charadrius pallidus)    		220
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		520
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		180
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		80
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		6400
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		30
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		160
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		190
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		2150
    267Curlew, Eurasian
    (Numenius arquata)    		40
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		280
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		10
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		490
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		30
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		690
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10


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    Sunday 02 November 2025 01:43
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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