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    Kleinriviersvlei (Klein River Estuary) (34251921)

    Western Cape
    Card 512180
    Compiler 21557
    Location code 34251921Kleinriviersvlei (Klein River Estuary) (Western Cape)
    Start date 2022-11-05
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:30
    End time 10:00
    Shoreline covered 80
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 28
    Total Count 820
    Wetland Condition 0
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 0
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Count conditions not indicated.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0(A)Mountain Team : Ad Meyer, Ronnie Hazell, Anne Philip, Liz Wilkens
     
    0(B)Ocean Team: Mike Ford, Cynthia Thaner, Philip & Vicky
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		90
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		150
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		150
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		60
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		70
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		160
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		250
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		1710
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		40
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		40
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		2650
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		240
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		700
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		200
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		50
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		20
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		10
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		300
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		110
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		230
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		570
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		100
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		50
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		10
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		30
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		180


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    Thursday 14 May 2026 03:11
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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