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    Kleinriviersvlei (Klein River Estuary) (34251921)

    Western Cape
    Card 512195
    Compiler 24041
    Location code 34251921Kleinriviersvlei (Klein River Estuary) (Western Cape)
    Start date 2025-11-01
    Season SSummer
    Start time 08:00
    End time 10:30
    Shoreline covered 50
    Openwater covered 50
    Total Species 20
    Total Count 184
    Wetland Condition 0
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 0
    Count Type 0
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Cool & cloudy. Light wind. We were only able to count from the mountain side of the Estuary, as the strong outflow at the mouth prevented crossing to the ocean side.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Ed Meyer
     
    0Jan Higarth
     
    0Philip Wassung
     
    0Renee Hazell
     
    0Ronnie Hazell
     
    0Vicky Wassung
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		30
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		10
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		80
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		20
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		40
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		60
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		20
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		30
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		270
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		60
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		80
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		240
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		40
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		520
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		30
    10004Goose, Domestic
    (Anser anser domesticus)    		260


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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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