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    Olifants River Mouth: South Bank (31421812)

    Western Cape
    Card 511684
    Compiler 13446
    Location code 31421812Olifants River Mouth: South Bank (Western Cape)
    Start date 2025-10-30
    Season OOther
    Start time 10:00
    End time 12:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 30
    Total Count 1307
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High 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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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		200
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		50
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		110
    51Cormorant, Crowned
    (Microcarbo coronatus)    		110
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		50
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		31
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		100
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		63
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		40
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		730
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		10
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		20
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		30
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		1020
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		100
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		110
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		40
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		3270
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		2850
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		1100
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		400
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		470
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		10
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		570
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		100
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		1020
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		80
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		240
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		130


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    Sunday 16 November 2025 12:50
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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