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    Olifants River Mouth: South Bank (31421812)

    Western Cape
    Card 8976
    Compiler 11
    Location code 31421812Olifants River Mouth: South Bank (Western Cape)
    Start date 2007-08-21
    Season WWinter
    Start time 03.02.00
    End time 05.24.00
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 33
    Total Count 2527
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 4Good
    Count Type 1On foot
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Although it was low tide the water level of the river was high therefore the mudbanks were not as exposed as normal. The saltpans were very full.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    5Grebe, Black-necked
    (Podiceps nigricollis)    		70
    42Pelican, Great White
    (Pelecanus onocrotalus)    		30
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		180
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		10
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		50
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		10
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		40
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		90
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		20
    86Flamingo, Greater
    (Phoenicopterus roseus)    		2090
    87Flamingo, Lesser
    (Phoeniconaias minor)    		800
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		190
    90Shelduck, South African
    (Tadorna cana)    		450
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		70
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		20
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		10
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		3760
    231Oystercatcher, African
    (Haematopus moquini)    		10
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		240
    236Plover, Chestnut-banded
    (Charadrius pallidus)    		190
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		10
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		810
    267Curlew, Eurasian
    (Numenius arquata)    		50
    269Avocet, Pied
    (Recurvirostra avosetta)    		430
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		190
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		2080
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		80
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		4500
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		6910
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		90
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		1740
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		40
    1015Heron, Little Blue
    (Egretta caerulea)    		10


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    Sunday 02 November 2025 01:39
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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