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    Palmiet River Mouth (34211859)

    Western Cape
    Card 512132
    Compiler 15207
    Location code 34211859Palmiet River Mouth (Western Cape)
    Start date 2020-02-08
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:30
    End time 09:45
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 11
    Total Count 517
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 0
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes We started at 08.30 it was a cool cloudy day, not much wind and low tide. We completed the count at 9.45
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		70
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		20
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		20
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		20
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		170
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		190
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		1040
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		3000
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		600
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20


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    Thursday 04 June 2026 09:10
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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