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    Onrus River Estuary (34241910)

    Western Cape
    Card 512159
    Compiler 430
    Location code 34241910Onrus River Estuary (Western Cape)
    Start date 2024-02-04
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:00
    End time 10:00
    Shoreline covered 40
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 12
    Total Count 88
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes The devastation after the Cape Storm is still evident: Lots of sandbanks, dead trees and very little water.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		40
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		210
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		40
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		80
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		70
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		60
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		40
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		70
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		240
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		10


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    Wednesday 29 April 2026 07:30
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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