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    Olifants River Mouth: South Bank (31421812)

    Western Cape
    Card 506530
    Compiler 11
    Location code 31421812Olifants River Mouth: South Bank (Western Cape)
    Start date 2015-01-26
    Season SSummer
    Start time 14:56
    End time 19:00
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 32
    Total Count 1818
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    838Marius Wheeler
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		80
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		330
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		50
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		150
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		80
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		40
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		1100
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		80
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		80
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		460
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		160
    236Plover, Chestnut-banded
    (Charadrius pallidus)    		70
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		360
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		480
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		9200
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		1680
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		240
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		50
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		1260
    267Curlew, Eurasian
    (Numenius arquata)    		20
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		100
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		670
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		60
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		380
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		390
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		10
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		170
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		190
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		130
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		80


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    Sunday 02 November 2025 07:38
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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