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    Onrus River Estuary (34241910)

    Western Cape
    Card 512162
    Compiler 430
    Location code 34241910Onrus River Estuary (Western Cape)
    Start date 2025-02-15
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:30
    End time 08:30
    Shoreline covered 40
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 12
    Total Count 110
    Wetland Condition 0
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Birding conditions are improving gradually. There is more open water, probably due to releases from the Debosch dam.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		40
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		20
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		90
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		540
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		90
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		40
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		40
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		10
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		40
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		140
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		30


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    Tuesday 26 May 2026 02:45
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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