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    Bitou River (34012323)

    Western Cape
    Card 702
    Compiler 309
    Location code 34012323Bitou River (Western Cape)
    Start date 1996-01-21
    Season SSummer
    Start time 09:30:00
    End time 12:45:00
    Shoreline covered 50
    Openwater covered 60
    Total Species 34
    Total Count 823
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 4Motor vehicle
    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)    		90
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		10
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		1200
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		40
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		90
    57Heron, Purple
    (Ardea purpurea)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		10
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		540
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		70
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		50
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		90
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		200
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		270
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		720
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		2070
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		220
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		320
    149Fish Eagle, African
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		20
    167Harrier, African Marsh
    (Circus ranivorus)    		30
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		100
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		100
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		20
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		10
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		40
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		270
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		260
    264Sandpiper, Wood
    (Tringa glareola)    		120
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		80
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		390
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		520
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		80
    305Tern, Whiskered
    (Chlidonias hybrida)    		160
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		20
    397Kingfisher, Malachite
    (Corythornis cristatus)    		10


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    Saturday 13 December 2025 06:16
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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