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    Olifants River Mouth: South Bank (31421812)

    Western Cape
    Card 511504
    Compiler 2158
    Location code 31421812Olifants River Mouth: South Bank (Western Cape)
    Start date 2025-07-22
    Season WWinter
    Start time 09:50
    End time 12:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 30
    Total Count 720
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 10Large scale netting fishing
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes clear and calm. most of the flamingoes in the estuary could be seen on the North bank.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		30
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		20
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		320
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		220
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		50
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		680
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		60
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		350
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		330
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		390
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		110
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		880
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		280
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		360
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		110
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		280
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		230
    236Plover, Chestnut-banded
    (Charadrius pallidus)    		80
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		290
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		110
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		500
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		490
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		30
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		230
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		500
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		20
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		200
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		10
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		30
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10


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    Saturday 30 August 2025 06:29
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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