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    Krom River Mouth (34082450)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 511451
    Compiler 19557
    Location code 34082450Krom River Mouth (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2025-07-08
    Season WWinter
    Start time 09:00
    End time 14:15
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 37
    Total Count 801
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes A team of 5 birders surveyed the river from a boat. A team of 4 birders surveyed the rest of the areas that were not covered by the boat on foot. A scope was used by the land-based birders.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Christa Stander
     
    2406Maggie Langlands
     
    12064Ron Parker
     
    14581Trish Parker
     
    21699Inez Rossouw
     
    21870Colleen Smith
     
    22916Susan Louckx
     
    23064Cobus le Roux
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		380
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		200
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		920
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		40
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		240
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		30
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		20
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		30
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		420
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		20
    72, Hamerkop
    (Scopus umbretta)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		340
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		180
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		60
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		120
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		40
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		70
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		30
    216Crane, Blue
    (Grus paradisea)    		30
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		30
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		470
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		450
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		50
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		90
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		280
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		20
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		100
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		20
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		660
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		2010
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		190
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		10
    396Kingfisher, Half-collared
    (Alcedo semitorquata)    		10
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		40
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		370


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    Wednesday 14 January 2026 06:28
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    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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