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    Olifants River Mouth: South Bank (31421812)

    Western Cape
    Card 5162
    Compiler 11
    Location code 31421812Olifants River Mouth: South Bank (Western Cape)
    Start date 2003-07-02
    Season WWinter
    Start time 09:29:00
    End time 12:32:00
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 28
    Total Count 825
    Wetland Condition 3Very little standing water (low tide for estuaries
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes 0
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		20
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		180
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		40
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		50
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		170
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		40
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		750
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		1730
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		20
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		130
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		30
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		710
    236Plover, Chestnut-banded
    (Charadrius pallidus)    		40
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		360
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		50
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		30
    262Sandpiper, Marsh
    (Tringa stagnatilis)    		10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		40
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		480
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		80
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		2030
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		20
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		450
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		10
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		730
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		10
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		30
    1015Heron, Little Blue
    (Egretta caerulea)    		10


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    Sunday 02 November 2025 01:43
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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