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    Olifants River Mouth: South Bank (31421812)

    Western Cape
    Card 510951
    Compiler 2158
    Location code 31421812Olifants River Mouth: South Bank (Western Cape)
    Start date 2024-10-21
    Season OOther
    Start time 10:30
    End time 12:45
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 31
    Total Count 2812
    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)    		60
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		50
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		40
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		50
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		21Confirmed Breeding
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		113Confirmed Breeding
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		90
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		9320
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		500
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		80
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		110
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		50
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		20
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		60
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		680
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		110
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		110
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		6190
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		810
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		1070
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		420
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		5970
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		80
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		200
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		470
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		10
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		910
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		130
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		380
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10


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    Sunday 02 November 2025 01:49
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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