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    Olifants River Mouth: South Bank (31421812)

    Western Cape
    Card 512475
    Compiler 24666
    Location code 31421812Olifants River Mouth: South Bank (Western Cape)
    Start date 2026-07-22
    Season WWinter
    Start time 09:50
    End time 13:20
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 31
    Total Count 555
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    6Grebe, Little
    (Tachybaptus ruficollis)    		30
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		40
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		50
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		130
    52Darter, African
    (Anhinga rufa)    		140
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		40
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		90
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		170
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		20
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		60
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		20
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		140
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		60
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		110
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		30
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		50
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		60
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		10
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		660
    258Sandpiper, Common
    (Actitis hypoleucos)    		20
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		90
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		150
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		310
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		40
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		70
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		10
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		2510
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		350
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		10
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		60


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    Sunday 06 September 2026 05:25
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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