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    Olifants River Mouth: South Bank (31421812)

    Western Cape
    Card 506534
    Compiler 11
    Location code 31421812Olifants River Mouth: South Bank (Western Cape)
    Start date 2017-01-17
    Season SSummer
    Start time 13:03
    End time 16:10
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 29
    Total Count 1662
    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
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		290
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		220
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		670
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		40
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		160
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		50
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		10
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		110
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		690
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		20
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		20
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		740
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		210
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		150
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		220
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		8550
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		930
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		30
    256, Ruff
    (Calidris pugnax)    		270
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		1530
    267Curlew, Eurasian
    (Numenius arquata)    		90
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		580
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		60
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		10
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		280
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		350
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		160
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		170


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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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