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    Olifants River Mouth: South Bank (31421812)

    Western Cape
    Card 8077
    Compiler 11
    Location code 31421812Olifants River Mouth: South Bank (Western Cape)
    Start date 2006-01-31
    Season SSummer
    Start time 10:49:00
    End time 14:00:00
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 29
    Total Count 1288
    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
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		580
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		200
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		150
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		30
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		220
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		100
    85Spoonbill, African
    (Platalea alba)    		150
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		160
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		10
    233Plover, Common Ringed
    (Charadrius hiaticula)    		960
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		580
    236Plover, Chestnut-banded
    (Charadrius pallidus)    		100
    237Plover, Kittlitz's
    (Charadrius pecuarius)    		240
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		650
    251Sandpiper, Curlew
    (Calidris ferruginea)    		6050
    253Stint, Little
    (Calidris minuta)    		540
    255, Sanderling
    (Calidris alba)    		20
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		1290
    267Curlew, Eurasian
    (Numenius arquata)    		10
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		90
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		60
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		150
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		200
    290Tern, Caspian
    (Hydroprogne caspia)    		10
    294Tern, Arctic
    (Sterna paradisaea)    		90
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		20
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		120
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		90
    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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