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    Olifants River Mouth: South Bank (31421812)

    Western Cape
    Card 511386
    Compiler 2158
    Location code 31421812Olifants River Mouth: South Bank (Western Cape)
    Start date 2025-04-25
    Season OOther
    Start time 09:50
    End time 11:50
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 23
    Total Count 515
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats 9Little angling fishing
    Count Condition 2Poor
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes clear, fresh to strong hot NE wind (berg wind) only greater flamingoes present were on North bank (therefore not counted) No Stilts!!! same as at Jakkalsvlei on 09/04/2025.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		90
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		70
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		100
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		220
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		80
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		300
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		260
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		240
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		120
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		1200
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		650
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		120
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		80
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		270
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		160
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		190
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		40
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		550
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		340
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10


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    Monday 15 December 2025 10:19
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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