Email:  CS/ADU no:  Password:   
  Forgot/Reset password

    Uilenkraalsmond (34361925)

    Western Cape
    Card 512168
    Compiler 15207
    Location code 34361925Uilenkraalsmond (Western Cape)
    Start date 2023-02-04
    Season SSummer
    Start time 14:00
    End time 16:00
    Shoreline covered 10
    Openwater covered 2
    Total Species 23
    Total Count 854
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Count was conducted over high tide (Gansbaai high tide 15:04 – satides.co.za); many people were at the estuary mouth which was getting less as we moved further up and beyond the bridge, the survey was carried out by foot, sunny conditions with a breeze from the SSE; Uilenkraalsmond estuary is currently open. Sandra Hoerbst count.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Graeme Hatley
     
    0Ralph Watson
     
    0Sandra Hoerbst
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    51Cormorant, Crowned
    (Microcarbo coronatus)    		20
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		30
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		100
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		10
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		60
    172Osprey, Western
    (Pandion haliaetus)    		10
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		30
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		1360
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		300
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    239Plover, Greater Sand
    (Charadrius leschenaultii)    		20
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		20
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		430
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		990
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		60
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		560
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		2080
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		100
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		10
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		490
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		1820
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		10


    FITZ logo   Ramsar Wetlands International https://www.sanbi.org/

    Monday 25 May 2026 03:27
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

    Creative Commons License
    This work is licensed under a
    Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License