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    Olifants River Mouth: South Bank (31421812)

    Western Cape
    Card 510329
    Compiler 2158
    Location code 31421812Olifants River Mouth: South Bank (Western Cape)
    Start date 2023-10-24
    Season OOther
    Start time 10:00
    End time 12:30
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 28
    Total Count 757
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 13Dam/barrage construction
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 0
    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)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		10
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		60
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		60
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		30
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		10
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		920
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		560
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		340
    236Plover, Chestnut-banded
    (Charadrius pallidus)    		30
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		20
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		30
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		30
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		1400
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		560
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		1500
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		900
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		250
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		100
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		310
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		50
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		10
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		220
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		80
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20


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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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