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    Bitou River (34012323)

    Western Cape
    Card 506399
    Compiler 10055
    Location code 34012323Bitou River (Western Cape)
    Start date 2012-02-07
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:30
    End time 12:01
    Shoreline covered 50
    Openwater covered 60
    Total Species 30
    Total Count 461
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 2Poor
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Windy. No water in Bitou due to agriculture drainage
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0S Peterson
     
    0S Webb
     
    5619Maaike Murphy
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		60
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		70
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		540
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		220
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		70
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		1430
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		140
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		50
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		110
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		90
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		100
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		710
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		190
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		90
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		30
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		40
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		70
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		20
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		10
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		40
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		330
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		30
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		30
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		60
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		20


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    Thursday 06 November 2025 05:44
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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