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    Buffels River Mouth (29401703)

    Northern Cape

    Card 511657
    Compiler 16774
    Location code 29401703Buffels River Mouth (Northern Cape)
    Start date 2025-08-04
    Season WWinter
    Start time 11:00
    End time 11:40
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 18
    Total Count 458
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    50
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    30
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)
    30
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    10
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)
    20
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)
    10
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)
    30
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    20
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)
    1740
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)
    20
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)
    190
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    20
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    540
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)
    1680
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)
    20
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)
    120
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    30


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    Wednesday 15 October 2025 09:12
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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