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    Onrus River Estuary (34241910)

    Western Cape
    Card 512146
    Compiler 430
    Location code 34241910Onrus River Estuary (Western Cape)
    Start date 2020-02-08
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:00
    End time 08:30
    Shoreline covered 10
    Openwater covered 50
    Total Species 7
    Total Count 15
    Wetland Condition 0
    Wetland Threats 3Overgrown by alien vegetation
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Gentle wind with some cloud cover to the east. The reeds are encroaching ever deeper into the river making birding almost impossible.
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    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Kobus van der Merwe
     
    0Rynhard van der Merwe
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		50
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		20
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		10
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		10
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		40
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		10


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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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