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    Olifants River Mouth: South Bank (31421812)

    Western Cape
    Card 507434
    Compiler 11
    Location code 31421812Olifants River Mouth: South Bank (Western Cape)
    Start date 2018-07-24
    Season WWinter
    Start time 07:55
    End time 10:50
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 24
    Total Count 321
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Misty conditions making count difficult
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		70
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		30
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		100
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		40
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		80
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		70
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		80
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		10
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		20
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		910
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		20
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		10
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		140
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		80
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		160
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		540
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		70
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		60
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		280
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		60
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		320
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		20
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		30


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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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