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    Paarl Bird Sanctuary (33411858)

    Western Cape
    Card 506746
    Compiler 32
    Location code 33411858Paarl Bird Sanctuary (Western Cape)
    Start date 2017-05-27
    Season OOther
    Start time 09:00
    End time 11:00
    Shoreline covered 90
    Openwater covered 90
    Total Species 31
    Total Count 2381
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes
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    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Elsa van der Merwe
     
    0Lourens de Bruyn
     
    0Pikkie Rousseau
     
    0Rita Meyer
     
    302Louis Hugo
     
    1283Patsy Copeland
     
    2079Jo Hobbs
     
    5701Andrea WEISS
     
    11587John Edward Fincham
     
    14467Gilbert Reinhardt
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		1990
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		370
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		20
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		860
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		470
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		160
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		520
    93Shoveler, Northern
    (Anas clypeata)    		10
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		3580
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		40
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		1070
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		1270Confirmed Breeding
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		440Confirmed Breeding
    99Teal, Blue-billed
    (Anas hottentota)    		20
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		460
    101Duck, Fulvous Whistling
    (Dendrocygna bicolor)    		90
    102Pochard, Southern
    (Netta erythrophthalma)    		90Confirmed Breeding
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		60
    208Swamphen, African
    (Porphyrio madagascariensis)    		100
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		1640
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		210
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		1420
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		20
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		710
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		90
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		160
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		770Confirmed Breeding
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		6690Confirmed Breeding
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		40
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		430


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    Monday 15 December 2025 12:45
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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