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    Onrus River Estuary (34241910)

    Western Cape
    Card 512119
    Compiler 430
    Location code 34241910Onrus River Estuary (Western Cape)
    Start date 2020-11-22
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:00
    End time 08:30
    Shoreline covered 10
    Openwater covered 10
    Total Species 12
    Total Count 42
    Wetland Condition 0
    Wetland Threats 3Overgrown by alien vegetation
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes The reeds are still increasing with far less open water on view. The mouth had been open for the last month or so with the result that there is a sandbank that we had not seen in 20 years. Please note that recently the ongoing saga regarding sewage spills with increased e-coli scores had surfaced again, with the standoff between the municipality and concerned citizens still in place.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		30
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		20
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		150
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		70
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		40
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		10
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		40
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20


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    Tuesday 26 May 2026 02:46
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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