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    Kleinrivierslvlei (Upper) (34251925)

    Western Cape
    Card 512203
    Compiler 23893
    Location code 34251925Kleinrivierslvlei (Upper) (Western Cape)
    Start date 2022-05-05
    Season WWinter
    Start time 08:30
    End time 12:15
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 27
    Total Count 195
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 0
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes The river following last year's breach is as low as I can remember and the counts way down.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Chris James
     
    12090Richard Masson
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		20
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		30
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		90
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		90
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		10
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		40
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		50
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		160
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		120
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		50
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		100
    95Duck, African Black
    (Anas sparsa)    		20
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		730
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    203Crake, Black
    (Zaporina flavirostra)    		50
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		20
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		60
    250Snipe, African
    (Gallinago nigripennis)    		10
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		50
    274Thick-knee, Water
    (Burhinus vermiculatus)    		20
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		40
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		30
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		30
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		90


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    Thursday 04 June 2026 09:07
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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