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    Kleinriviersvlei (Klein River Estuary) (34251921)

    Western Cape
    Card 512204
    Compiler 21557
    Location code 34251921Kleinriviersvlei (Klein River Estuary) (Western Cape)
    Start date 2022-02-05
    Season SSummer
    Start time 07:30
    End time 10:30
    Shoreline covered 70
    Openwater covered 80
    Total Species 29
    Total Count 1165
    Wetland Condition 0
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 3Moderate
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes A very windy day. No evidence of breeding.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    0Cynthia Turner
     
    0Graham Palmer
     
    0Paul de Villiers
     
    0Suzaan de Villiers
     
    1422Mike Ford
     
    11208Barbara Palmer
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    4Grebe, Great Crested
    (Podiceps cristatus)    		320
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		40
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		100
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		100
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		170
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		40
    84Ibis, Hadada
    (Bostrychia hagedash)    		10
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		80
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		500
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		40
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		250
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		1700
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		1070
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		300
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		4450
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		20
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		750
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		20
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		20
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		100
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		60
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		20
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		260
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		410
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		130
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		490
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		10
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		160
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		30


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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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