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    Orange River: Mouth - Bridge (28381628)

    Northern Cape
    Card 511658
    Compiler 16774
    Location code 28381628Orange River: Mouth - Bridge (Northern Cape)
    Start date 2025-07-22
    Season WWinter
    Start time 09:35
    End time 13:45
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 44
    Total Count 3067
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0C Geldenhuys
     
    0D Josef
     
    0N Breda
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		20
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		400
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		480
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		5670
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		210
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		50
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		100
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		70
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		50
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		220
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		10
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		370
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		710
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		14410
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		90
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		1510
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		640
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		350
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		490
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		20
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		940
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		100
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		30
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		170
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		40
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		110
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		300
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		110
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		850
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		290
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		800
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		10
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		240
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		140
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		10
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		280
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		190
    10008Wader, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		20
    10009Tern, Unidentified
    (N/A N/A)    		100


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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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