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    Mud River Mouth (33291818)

    Western Cape
    Card 8910
    Compiler 106
    Location code 33291818Mud River Mouth (Western Cape)
    Start date 2007-01-19
    Season SSummer
    Start time 10:10:00
    End time 12:40:00
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 12
    Total Count 10139
    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 Highest ever count since starting 1998! Most times previously was conted at High Tide. This was done just after Low Tide sonot condidtent to others (sorry, but what a count). Perhaps future ones I will now do at Low Tide for comparison.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		40
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		51200
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		10
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		81Confirmed Breeding
    238Plover, Three-banded
    (Charadrius tricollaris)    		20
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		20
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		1150
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		180
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		45150
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		110
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		3410
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20


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    Tuesday 16 December 2025 10:54
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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