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    Olifants River Mouth: South Bank (31421812)

    Western Cape
    Card 503691
    Compiler 11
    Location code 31421812Olifants River Mouth: South Bank (Western Cape)
    Start date 2011-08-03
    Season WWinter
    Start time 10:25
    End time 12:30
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 34
    Total Count 534
    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
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		70
    49Cormorant, Bank
    (Phalacrocorax neglectus)    		180
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		400
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		30
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		40
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		40
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		120
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		120
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		30
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		90
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		80
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		280
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		150
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		370
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		80
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		50
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		40
    232Turnstone, Ruddy
    (Arenaria interpres)    		20
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		10
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		220
    236Plover, Chestnut-banded
    (Charadrius pallidus)    		10
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		310
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		180
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		10
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		330
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		680
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		110
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		100
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		290
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		410
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		20
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		430
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		30
    10007Swan, Black
    (Cygnus atratus)    		10


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    Sunday 02 November 2025 07:40
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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