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    Olifants River Mouth: South Bank (31421812)

    Western Cape
    Card 510393
    Compiler 2158
    Location code 31421812Olifants River Mouth: South Bank (Western Cape)
    Start date 2024-01-16
    Season SSummer
    Start time 11:00
    End time 13:20
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 26
    Total Count 1475
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 9Little angling fishing
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    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)    		70
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		140
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		21Confirmed Breeding
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		160
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		190
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		20
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		3740
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		170
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		20
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		800
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		10
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		60
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		780
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		40
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		5560
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		950
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		320
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		250
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		700
    266Godwit, Bar-tailed
    (Limosa lapponica)    		90
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		70
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		150
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		20
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		400


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    Sunday 02 November 2025 07:42
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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