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    Mud River Mouth (33291818)

    Western Cape

    Card 512055
    Compiler 106
    Location code 33291818Mud River Mouth (Western Cape)
    Start date 2015-02-08
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:30
    End time 10:10
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 19
    Total Count 1494
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes River quite stagnant, stopped +-250 metres from sea (mid tide)
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs
    Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)
    30
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)
    200
    49Cormorant, Bank
    (Phalacrocorax neglectus)
    20
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)
    10
    51Cormorant, Crowned
    (Microcarbo coronatus)
    20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)
    10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)
    10
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)
    40
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)
    20
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)
    100
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)
    60
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)
    40
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)
    90
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)
    180
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)
    330
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)
    13000
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)
    170
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)
    490
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)
    120


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    Monday 09 March 2026 11:42
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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