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    Olifants River Mouth: South Bank (31421812)

    Western Cape
    Card 511772
    Compiler 13446
    Location code 31421812Olifants River Mouth: South Bank (Western Cape)
    Start date 2026-01-21
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:30
    End time 12:30
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 33
    Total Count 1265
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 0
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes
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    Observer NumberNameOptions
    2158Yves Chesselet
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		20
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		130
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		30
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		250
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		110
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		160
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		80
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		80
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		400
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		130
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		30
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		320
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		350
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		70
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		20
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		80
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		20
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		6600
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		150
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		2210
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		410
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		100
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		230
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		80
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		30
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		360
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		20
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		50
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		60
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		20
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20


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    Saturday 07 February 2026 06:02
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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