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    Kleinriviersvlei (Klein River Estuary) (34251921)

    Western Cape
    Card 512185
    Compiler 24041
    Location code 34251921Kleinriviersvlei (Klein River Estuary) (Western Cape)
    Start date 2023-04-15
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:00
    End time 09:30
    Shoreline covered 60
    Openwater covered 40
    Total Species 27
    Total Count 1275
    Wetland Condition 1Full (High tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 0
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Water level very high, almost breaching and no sandflats. Sunny with light breeze.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Anne Phillip
     
    0Christo Sieberts
     
    0Philp Wassung
     
    0Renee Hazell
     
    0Ronnie Hazell
     
    0Vicky Wassung
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		10
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		60
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		10
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		110
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		60
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		30
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		20
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		50
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		110
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		20
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		40
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		10
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		620
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		10000
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		60
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		600
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		60
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		140
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		180
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		20
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		80
    10014Duck, Unidentified
    (Anas sp.)    		400


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    Thursday 14 May 2026 03:10
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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