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    Olifants River Mouth: South Bank (31421812)

    Western Cape
    Card 508730
    Compiler 2158
    Location code 31421812Olifants River Mouth: South Bank (Western Cape)
    Start date 2020-10-29
    Season OOther
    Start time 08:55
    End time 10:30
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 24
    Total Count 1012
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		150
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		90
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		190
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		80
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		330
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		40
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		4180
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		10
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		50
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		20
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		50
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		40
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		140
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		1840
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		250
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		1750
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		270
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		10
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		150
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		60
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		290
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		110
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10


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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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