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    Palmiet River Mouth (34211859)

    Western Cape

    Card 512010
    Compiler 15207
    Location code 34211859Palmiet River Mouth (Western Cape)
    Start date 2026-02-14
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:55
    End time 10:30
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 18
    Total Count 276
    Wetland Condition 0
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 0
    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)
    30
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)
    30
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    360
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)
    20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)
    20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
    100
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
    60
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    70
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)
    40
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)
    130
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)
    20
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    130
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)
    30
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)
    960
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)
    60
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)
    640
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)
    40
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    20


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    Saturday 21 March 2026 05:12
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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